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To the Democratic mrty, fer • Jipt txn.kgHbtm toll* or ...
1 *!._ ..a-.' t.... OUf courts ol lUttice—a duidorulilu fact to ad-
[/Wm the Itounton Telegraph.
FRANCIS M. WHITE—COMMISSIONER,
i —IH)ES THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE Of
JXA8 HELONO TO THE PEOPLE, OR TO THE
'ECULATOHS?
Lniong the mar.y important things the Dem-
Hic State Convention to assemble at IIous-
on the 2nd day of May next, will have to
the nomination of a Commissioner of the
■;;1 Land Office.
one unacquainted with that class afper-
|wl o frequent the Land Office most, with
designs and the applianecs brought to beajr,
those whom they seek to use, and the
which may be done by a Commissioner
1 to those craving plunderers of the pub-
nain, can well appreciate the importance
h Commissioner to the interests of the
And just now, when the country is
n with land sharks, how nccepmry it is to
he proper man at the head of a flairs in
a portent branch of tho public servico.—
lie hard to iind. The venerable, veteran
rat, the present worthy inenmbent, Hon
>1. White ! *• "f" ^ ,-
tiinc.'
imination and election to that office two
;0, tin people owe a debt of everlasting
le. It was a well taken step by the De-
y, tho wisdom of which is more and more
atci every Uay—it is worth a million of
t<> the State. With his intimate ac-
un.-e with the land interests of the State
enlarged experience, together with his
Igc i'f men and their surroundings, as
ib'i, a - the means employed to attain their
aided by a sound practical mind and a
h knowledge of the law, he was enabled
t suvh rules relative to the business of
as to completely cut tfF all those dis-
o any other than a purely legitimate
n .--peculating in land and certificates.
Ic in relation to the priority of business
office, the chief one of "complaint"
the Mo.'d liounds of speeu'ationdoni,
s one of the plainest and most obvious
les of justice and equality, and besides
dience to the law of the State. l>ut
tanding this, certain parties do not hes-
attu'-k it boldly, because it restricts
a '-oiimioiL basis with everybody. Oh
• niei:! '1 hi weapon of honest war-
nit t;: put i:i the months of the people:
cr a m:in comes along abusing Frank
i-k i11in ii lie isn't a land speculator,
nt. or ->nit; way mixed up with laud
e<. and. my word tor it, nine cases out
;o'i \\:i! Lit t an alBniative answer, or
d the t ::hinmiator. 'i'he question of
;oii io i ol. \\ hitc is then solved witli-
r trouble.
re i wo classes—if indeed they may
—who have taken offence ;tt this ru-
1-t. 1 iiose engaged'as a vat I ivy in
Iix.-rinunateiy in lands ami titles to
L'lid. '11
U'_
c!;i.s.> of* attorneys who give
<;ft>nth>n to the cnt/iHcerh'tf
the band Office, and obtain-
n them. Nor do I mean to in
it class, by any means ; for ma-
our best, truest and most useful
:,n those only who claim,by right
:;ii<T tberr money, special privil-
her • u'.ve the causes of offence as given
Li rbeiii til" benefit of the com-
jiiiin IK:- ii.M.d am fil; 'hem.
end in speculating in lands say
ainoiuits of money invested in
- these lands are patented they
ill tin-in, and that it is absolutely ne-
|hi v should >ell and real ire their mon-
to enable them to keep np their bnsi-
Jesi'ie.-. thev sav. the people not so en-
rnr ■ -. ac . living upon their lands,
tor patents, don't want them, and
d them any way. Show me a man in
•tin wner ol land,whether he lives
ni t. who will say he has no netd for
ml 1 ii .-how you a uian bribed to say
turn. t..ol. unable to know the value
ri'iemeol title. This is a proposition
mi .-elf-evident that no sane man
ip to aruue it. and is heard no where
<>(/'■. .Must the regular business
• lop at the bidding,and for t'.eac-
"I peculators i Ah! rogues should
and honest luen rebuked ? Fic! vc-
iih '! avarice hath no shame.
In r ei.t.-.-, I,and Office engineer law-
tin- -ell-con tituted commissioners of
Oi:!<-cs, established about Austin and
by pmate enterprise, an I sustained
t extra tax ujxtn the people to the
f at least ten dollars upon eveiy pat-
hi.-h snii-Land (slices are now snspen-
1 up and cleared out by the adminis-
■"■•'ice and the enforcement of law,
cgiectcd J,(, almost forgotten.Vay
: tin Ir Heretofore
the office was to be delivered of a pat-
j./.-stoHtifs had to be called in, and
ervices paid from Sift to $15, $20,
M.mctimes r;nft, and even more,accord-
amount ami value of the land and
and willingness of parties Jo pay.—
had gone to such an extent that a
hardly considered an applicant for pnt-
ugli his papers were on fib for that
unie-s hss claim was put in the "ap-
I a lawyer.or some of these ami pat-
Uos, feed to stand by and encourage
in a until patent was
And really many were <loing w-dl
ranch of the practice." But now all
have to do is to fix up their papers
em in, and mill-boy fashion, let their
iml « ut in their regular tnm. Thus
fee in each case, whether $10, $25, or
e saved by the people by letting the
hi.t it was created to do. What was
Office instituted for, if it was not for
istrution of justice in the accommo-
ho people.' Why tl.cn employ oth
|nnd advise them, when those officers
httie* and re sworn faithfully to
^ li it fair-minded man would
• t
do Col White,-for protecting their rights by an
upright eonrae in nis official duties? I>6 the
Cle of Texarf want to build up a dangerous
aristocraoy endowed with special privile-
ges, by tacit consent, to : control the legislation
and wield the. destinies of the State as their
pompous arrogance, or selfish, unbridled ava-
rice may direct them? Or do they intend,up-
on this as all ether fit occasions, to assert their
rights and equality by the majesty of their
might? If so they mustgo to work and send
the proper delegates to Convention, for there is
where the fight will be made, where the danger
is, and where the whole Question will be deter-
mined. The Lru<juJoi'iu b<nist among this class
of White's opposers is that they all' have mon-
ey, will be active all over the State to be made
delegates, and every one nam6d as a delegate
will be certain to go and do all he can against
him. Many of these men claim to bo demo-
crats, aud a^o always in attendance upon our
conventions Us well as our courts aud legisla-
tures, whether ^called" or not. It is an inter-
est pver active, always on the alert, and its in-
that could only mean, where tnct;e is an accu-
mulation of business that it shall be done as
soon M reaolied in its order. For the opin-
ion of the last Legislature on this subject see
general Uws of 1868, in relation to t^e Court
of Claims, Chap. 48, Sec. 8, which read*:
"That the business of said office shall be con-
ducted ns nearly as is consistent with its or-
ganization aud powers, in the same manner
as the business of the (ieucral jLand Office;
From tfee Horn® Jnuriuil.
' THE HVJ5NING LAMP. ,
One ol the acknowledged men of genius, in
the American Pulpit, Is Rer. E. H. Chapin, of
ilew York; j Those who know what the best
reading is, now-a-days^ rest the eye wj -ddilj-
erately on every newspaper article, origiual or
reported, which has the caption of his name.—
(-ourage, truth and originality of perception,
and to that end the Commissioner shall net mark all he puts forth, by word or pen, for the
Public. He has lately delivered a course of
juttiee-—a duple
niit; and if the Democratic pnrty don't want to
answer for its abuse of her Convention^, the
proper steps must be at once taken to put a
stop to an effort now being put on foot. And
I now pftt the people on their guard, and assure
them from what 1 kuow of the movements now
on hand, that unless they go to work at once
aud send the light men as delegates to the Con-
vention, this interist will have a controlling in-
fluence in at least the nomination of a Commis-
sioner of the Land Office, t The people can do
nothing in this affair by staying at home, and
refusing to go into Convention and abide its
decision. So that'' now or never" is the watch-
word of his friends. From recent correspon-
dence with (J ji. White 1 can say that he would
not have been a eamlida'e had not certain par-
lies taken the course towards him they have,
but lie will now go before the country and ask
an endorsement; but that he will in no case
serve mor; than one more term. He can then
retire with justice to himself.
liut the niiun ground of opposition has not
yet been touched. Frank White is an honest,'
incorruptible man, and cannot be used,directly
or iadirectly, by nny man or set of men, except
it bf; in a just ami proper way. lie stands
proudly forth, a mighty barrier against the evil
doings of bad men, flu; bold champion of jus-
tice, equality and fair play; taring on'y for a
free conscience for having! faith fully performed ! permit him to be "set aside" to please any as-
upon claims in the order in which they may
reach his office, by mail or othe*, w'ke." * *
"This suction shall be so construed as to se-
cure the objects for w doh it was framed,. to
wit. to i f lit ix jH i som lutciny bntincss in said
court p-i-m i )!!jifi>i/inr/ ai/i-iits or ttftornri/.s to ran-
<!urt fhr rovliw of bitzinw* inriarirt upon fheir
<ij>ji/ir,,/i(,I have italicised the last.clau.se
myself, to draw attention to it, for J look upon
it as of overwhelming significance! in this con-
nection. One of two thmgs is clear, that is
that the Legislature either believed that the
business of the Land Offiee was conducted
as indicated by this section, or knowing it was
not, determined the Court of Claims should
be, and intended said section as an intimation
of its will to the Commissioner of the Land
Office to guide him for the future. At any
rate, they show they think this way of doing
business is right and stand committed with
Col. White to the policy. Could any man .as
Commissions feel himself at liberty to dis-
regard this section and go contrary to it?
JJv way of reply to a correspondent in the
Telegraph, singing himself "Interior Democrat,
I will say that his charge that the Commission-
er has not sufficient knowledge of clerical du-
ties to supply the office with sufficient, clerks
is wholly gratuitous, to say the least- of it, and
no one knows better than said corespondent,
how unfounded and uiiju.it his intimation of
want of ability on tho part of the Commission-
er, There has never beiin a more competent
corps of clerks in the Land Office; Col. White
it is true, is not a fine scribe, nor is it at all
necessary lie should be. l>ut he understands
the business of the office well, and has it prop-
erly done; and in all the important qualifica-
tions of a Commissioner of the | Land Office,
^ith due regard to the abilities and worth of
his worthy predecessors, jCol. \\ hite surpas-
ses all of them, has never had hii} equal in the
office, and very likely may not have for many
generations to come, licsjdes, his friends will
stand bv him as the man, and will not engage
in buyipg, selling, or swapping, :|ud will not
ci uin to superior, special
■s iii said office? And who
, should?
fciltll boio
t*!! Ii.- Ve ta -
id li"-;\ed >lp
the l.'|.-iiies>
ktid dist>osed
<sert that C<>I. White
' *ie keys out of their
' offices as to h ive
' ' • office should be
of in t!ic regular order
" fx'Cause it has ruined' their brsi-
whive they had too much sense to
i as til.' cause of their opposition,thev
It to oppose him without (assigning
, and will see that he is set aside—
se fellows being recently asked on
at Austin why he was so opposed to
Fe> replied, much exeited nnd with
tness than discretion, that it was " a
bread and butter with him." Are the
It satisfied with paying once for the
fg—their patents for instance ? Do
to pay twice for them? Will they
esc fcuows in order to have anoppor-
piying twice, and thus license them
bein hereafter as heretofore ? or will
nin Col. White for thns protecting
sta by the impartial, faithful ' " '
large of his sworn duty ? Th
«s say his rmle in this matter
$e*r business of speo-
' «—and while itf wo aid bo raad-
their
luf
y\mt.
pirant or set of aspirants, who sedk to < les pi
hint so as to give tho lion. Frank Lubbock
his place, miiko room for the "Inferior Demo-
crat," or his friends, to run for Lieut. Gover-
nor this year, so as to be in the regular line
of promotion tor Governor two years i.cnce,
Mr. Lubbock is a good man, and 1 think might;
be elected Coiniuirsioner if he had the nomina-
tion, but certainly Col. White could be elec-
ted to this office <;uite as easy. Besides. 1
think Mr. Lubbock has- good enough sense to
stay where lie is, and 'wait for the wagon.'
All the circumstances nd surroundings of the
ca«o being duly considered, if Frank White is
supplanted by the Houston Convention with
any man. there ;vill be a great suspicion and a
mighty murmuring among the people mind
that mw.%'«^Mr. Smith." His li'e has been
spent in Texas from bis youth, and he has nev-
er faltered to go where patriotism or duty called
him, whether to the tiled of battle or the coun-
cils of his country, and his counsel has al-
ways been that of valor, patriotism, wisdom
and democracy, and the hearts of Tcxans art.
knit to liini as with hooks of steel. His whole
life has been a life of devotion to Texas, fn
the dark days of her gloomy adversity he was
with her, and wherever danger hovered most,
there the ponderous arm of Frank White was
lifted to shield her flag. And on every battle
field the van guard was led on by his gallant
form, and in the thickest of'the tight, amid the
din of battle, his mainly voice, like a bugle
blast; was heard cheering on his comrades to
glorous victory. Ah! he has served his coun-
try too long and to faithfully to be -'set aside"
now in the .meridian oi' Ins manhood, by any
sort of scheming.
1 have said this much in vindication of a
true Christian, an honest and ,;ii eminent, effi-
cient, Just and faithful public servant, and T
ask as a special favor to < 'ol. White, and as a
duty to the country aud the cause of justice,
that every democratic paper in the State pub-
lish this entire article. I will add that I am a
democrat, was one in 1855 when there were
hardly enough left for seed, and have all the
time been a Convention Democrat, and not on-
ly "never saw Sam," but never even wanted
to see him. And while I have not been in
(juite so many Conventions as the "Interior
Democrat"—and indeed ha has been quite a
faithful attendant—i have always voted faith-
fully for the nominees, and expect to do so; but
to have success this time we must nominate
tho right men. We must be more prudent in
our selections hereafter than we have been in
some instances heretofore. The interests of
tho country demand the first order of intel-
lect, and the people require it. Our princi-
ples are right, Conventions are right, and if we
put fcrwad our besr men as our 'exponents, we
are bound to be victorious on every field. Be-
sides, intellect should always bear a premium,
and aotgo a begging at a dLjcqunt. Concessions
must be made, and men of the first status
should not be sacrificed for those of the. second
and third rates. We have the right material.
Let us use it and doty the world. It is meet
that wu survey with close scrutiny the field of
our approaching contest, ;ujd tfiat none but
Democrats of tin: first water be "put on guard
for our hardest fight.
Yours, in thef'aithj I ~
VINDICATOR.
A New Patent Rope.—Our attention has
recently been called to some tests of a patent
rope, manufactured by an Knglish firm, which
was established in the office : presents some valuable features. It is made of'
his trust, and the plaudits of honest men.—
These he will have. Tlu ti- on th, yrmnds <•/
his, opjiositioM. Various pretexts wiil be fiaui-
ed, ai d these they will publicly ignore, liut,
nevertheless, they are the grounds of his oppo-
sition. If proof be required you have but to
look to his opposers. If more is asked, talk -to
thtjm; the thing is so completely uppermost in
their minds that they cannot conceal it, and
will try to conviuee you by argument they r.re
right. Well, either tiiey are right and Col.
White is wrong, or he is right and they are
wrong—both cannot be right. Who is right?
Does the Land Office belong to the people for
the good of all, without distinction, wherein
every man is to be dealt with according to the
rules of justice, equality, and the merits of his
ease, without preference or partiality to any
one? Or does it belong to th st class of persons^/
who are not willing to be restricted to legiti-
mate speculation in lands, who dem ■ nd the ac-
commodations and privileges of the office ill
preference to and in exclusion of the com men
people, and claim special privileges by right of
tlu'ir calling and their money? 1 thought that
the great battle h -d been fought between the
devotees of the doctrine ^f special rights and
privileges to a favored few, on the one hand,
against those in favor of the great doctrine of
equal rights on the other, and that the United
States of America were enshrined in the hearts
of the people :>y the glory of their immortal
achievements, wherein Democrats were the
chief actors, inheriting the honors, and the
boon with the responsibility of transmitting
them unsullied topo.-tt-ri>y,and that they claim
still to bo the defenders and champions of the
cause. If so, then they arc all bound tc be
the friends of Col. White in this affair, for it is
a plain question of special privileges to a cer
tain cl.is-. Col. White is no more opposed than
any one else,to any man, rue:ely because he i • a
land-lawyer, land-agent or land-speculator, ii
he is an holiest one. and is willing to staud up-
on a common basis with other and be govern-
ed by the same rules of justice and equality.—
It is tho5C only who ignore,these, and seem to
look upon the Land lldfico as having been in-
stituted for their espeei.d useand accommoda-
tion at the sacrifice of the rights of all others—
these he defies, and appeals to the people.—
The issno is made, who shall be sus'aincd?—
(V. White is the first Commissioner we have
ever h'td Who has had the boldness to meet this
class of rock less public plunderers, and set
bounds to.their ypo.rat'ons, lie highly merits
the honrty commendations of all levers of right,
and wiil receive tho warm'approbation and sup-
port of the "bone and sinew of the land," Let
pigmies, pimps, speculators, land-patent gran
nies, and political aspirants rave, and split their
brazen throats with hollow yelling—"thrice
armed is he who hath his quarrel just." AII
that is necessary to make Col. White by far the
most popular t 'uininissioncr ever Texas hits had,
is for the people to know what he is doing,wbA
are opposing, and why they do it. This they
don't pretend to deny, but laugh in your face
and tell yon that they will have liini out before
he is understood, and 'hat "the sober second
thought''will conic too late for him. If any
one doubts what I have said of the position.'! and
declarations of these fellows, let them talk to
them, for they may tie found anywhere. Ve-
rily! isn't brazen-faced roguery running tam-
pan t over the land?
Tho fact is, notwithstanding all the "com-
plaint," the rale that the business of the offiee
should be taken np and disposed of in the rc<.
ular order of filin
sermons on the "Pluuies of Life,' from, one of
which (reported in the Evening Post) we wish
to make an extract or two. It was on "Sliame-
fiil Life," and discussed the fate of
Woman; atoned agalbst and sinning.
The text was Christ's uN><ithrr <to / romhmn
(fur; ijo anil sin no mor*." Said Mr. Chapin:
"Everywhere and at all times it has boon wo-
man who stands in the foreground, and upon
whom the malediction and condemnation falls.
It is to her the accusers point, not caring to ask
whether they them selves are e'ear of all guilt.
Woman is the victim always—sinned against
and sinning. He appealed in bebalf of these
victims. Consider a moment this army of six
thousand unfortunate women, so many of them
mere children, and the majority accomplishing
their guilty career and dying on the very thresh-
old "of existence. Homes somewhere they have
had, many of them homes of purity; hopes
were born with them, to be crushed in their
perditiou; hearts are broken by their shame.—
While they have whirled through life in guilty
revelry, honored heads have grown gray and
gone down in sorrow to the grave.
"We should pity fallen woman. Not merely
for herself personally,should we be lifted above
all profligate .scorn and fiendish contempt in the
treatment of this subject, but for the humani-
ty that in licr is stained and perverted; for the
type of pure womanhood that lies dishevelled
and cast down under the light of heaven and
before Cod. The life of every one of these
victims, if truthfully unfolded, would be a ter
UMP
PSJHHHBHWWB
E " MISSOURI CM
QUNTRYJ" ,,,
A Roimfcr Couwtey.—The present sesiion
of the Missouri1 State Legislature has been; re-
markable for tlw witty apeechu of ite mcinbiere.
On Monday ev^nipg Mr. White, of the Hoise,
delivered himself as follows, in reference to jthc
project Of forming a new county.
I predicate my objections to this riew county
on different grounds, one of the wain and most
Important of which is, I am confident, it would
hot be entitled to a representative in the next
fifty years.- 'Mr. Speaker, did you ever visit the
territory sou. hi to oe ere ited into the county
of Carter? Didyoa ever have an of^prtrtunity
of beholding ite, multifarious beauties aud of
examining ils boundless resources ? Well, iir,
I have. I have been till over it, and all around
it, and I do say here Openly, and defiantly .that
there is not level ground enough within its en
tire limits to bujld a pig-pen on. (Laaghter.)
Tho soil is so poor it will not grow a 4 penny-
royal.' Sir, you might mow the county with a
razor and rake it with a fine comb,and wouldn't
get enough fodder to keep a sick grasshopper
through the winter. (Renewed laughter.)—7
Sir, tbey plant corn with crow bars, aud hold
their sheep by the hind tegs while they nibble
the grass in the cracks of the cliff .) Inerea :ed
laughter.) • Sir, the famr. nohinr of that sec-
tion are principally tirk*. and 1 must in justice
say, that variety of insects attain a splendid
size in this new county of Carter, the smallest
that ever fell uridsr my observation being at
least as big as saddle-bag locks. (Laughter.)-
As to internal improvements in this see;tion,
this ITous.. can form some idea when I assure
it that the only thing resembling a roajJ I ever
saw there, was when one of the barefooted na-
tives dragged a wild boy seven miles through
the snow. (Laughter and cheers.) With such
a country as this, Mr. Speaker, they propose to
make a new county, and the reason for so doing
is, that the convenience of the inhabitants will
be promoted thereby! Sir, if it were possible
rible romai.ee of reality. Some were born in : bold their courts under the shade of post-oak
and black-jack saplings, to keep a clerk's office
and the records of the county in the recesses of
a hollow sycamore, and to make a jail out of
some of the dark and slimy caves beneath the
ip. p>-vi
at first, but au exception was made in favor of
taking up claine out of order under certain
circumstances. And per.-.ons w' o had the
means to spare to go to Austin, or to employ at-
torneys or agents to pre^; ithe roattar—to en-
gineer it throaghf—Coujd! always btftig their
claims within the exceptions by the necessary
representations. So that iu the course of time
the exception became the rule in practice it-
self, to the exclusion of tho original. It will
not be denied by any one that those who were
tl e most importunate heretofore, were the
first served. 'And thu* it bos frequently hap-
pened thatj patents have been issued to land#
upon which there was a previous survey, and
the field, uotcs and papers then on file in th e
"* The writer. knows of sovsfstf of these
wire and hemp combined, and from recent teste
gives greater strength t han the wire rope, and
preserves all the elasticity of the lieuip. It is
(orpifid b^ placipg a single wire inside of each
rope yarn or stran of hemp, thus sepqrely cov-
ering and cushioning the bard surfaces of the
8wire, ami thereby preventing tlmat; from cutting
pencil other when a severe strain ia* imposed.—
Its superiority over the wire^, and henip. ropes,
has been sli Wn, by late'experiments,iobe'dou-
bfethe strength of the wire having he same
weight, and fohr times greater tliap the hetpp
of «jq.ual weight. If, these estimates are true,
tliey finish an excclh'nt jiruHratjo,* of what
moy^o ace(Vbij>nsTied^reque|Htly, in tfie combi-
nation of elements tfiiu are vi^y o|t}, 1
—r—1—■■ mh «-■"! i" "1 : '•■' '
cases. Of; course no one would tjtifjk for fc, J'NBMMXiVtrp 8tea.msim,8 at New JPork."
UAiuent of attributing thils to any improper •Tie'/^wrA/ btatfcs that therepOW tying itflc
motive on the partjoffnj^ a£ the former worthy Jat ^he port of New 1 ork no |<^s th^ eigti^fj (
Comatissiouersj. but certainly eveiy one will j occan steainerS, some of which h:i,Ve been un-
admit that it resulted from not taking ujil J Employed tbr ycars, and rtot one lias been used
claims in their regular order,, and patenting-! during the winter. ar^. ^®i^j?' ^iner-
the lands in the order in which they were: -wa, AdHaMc, Atramie, Baltld.' 'Daniel
ice, and their history is thcrelorc the more ter-
ribly appalling. They exhibit not only a de-
graded womanhood, but a degraded childhood;
they came pure into the world, as the white
snow flake falls into the mire, and pollution of
the streets; cradled in a sarcophagus, swathed
with the cerements of a moral death. Rut
many others have fallen, and it has Wen a fall
as awful as if it were the fall of a star in the
sphere. In the earlier stages, where sin sim-
mers in fashionable show and etiquette, where
the death's head wears a glittering crownitherc
may be an illusion to cheat the sense of shame;
but as the victim descends with rapid stops to
baser converse and rougher realities, the hand-
writing comes out fearfully distinct; the fallen
soul makes known the reflected shape and shad-
ow of itself. And at the close of her ghastly
career, as 011 a lied of straw in some damp, dark
apartment, ringing with curses,t he dying wreck
of humanity and womanhood lies, to lior car
the voice of memory comes, as to the drowning
i-oiiies the sound of far off Sabbath bells, lie-
fore her glazing eye ap|«;ars a mother's look of
broken-hearted woe;shc hears a lather's lament
of ruined hope and pride; but she has now only
to lay aside the garment of mortality, as she
once did the garment of innocence and truth.
See how the infamy they serve serves them!
"The silence ami apat iy existing in relation
to this evil, are uot justified by uoti- us of deli-
cacy. The social cancer is not to l e cured by
refusing to talk about i it is not to be ignored.
We have no right to sir. nk with sanctimoni-
ous delicacy from the barest mention of guilt.
There is a prevailing indifference, at least, that
cries out,—'Don't disturb it; don't t;dk about
it; let it rest, we h ive nothing to do with it.'
Is it s« ;"
Mr. Chapin insists upon
Equal justice to Man and Woman.
"The retiued v ouian recoils with virtuous
scorn from her fallen sister,but often welcomes
him by whom she fell. We are told that Christ
said to the woman's accusers,'He that is with-
out, sin among you, let him cast the first stone;'
but, smitten by conscience, they went out one
by one. And who is not in some way allied
to this groat guilt? The fact of common weak-
ness should at least make us merciful. It is
not just that upon the woman alone should fall
the blot of shame. The text is a great lesson
of charity and mercy, and it is a great lesson
of justice also. There is neither justice, honor
nor delicacy iu our modern custom, which scar-
cely frowns upon the guilty man, while pour-
ing out all the vials of wrath upon the guilty
woman. It may or may not be true, as some
insist, that this foul eanccr in society can nev-
er be eradicated; but we ought at least to insist
upon it that the shaiue shall be fairly divided,
that the sinning man shall be brauded us deep-
ly as lie sinning woman. Suppose every guil-
ty man bore the mark of shame in his lace, in
the market, or at church, bow long would the
evil continue? liut the meanness of uiau has
thrust the whole shame upon woman,"
And there is one passage which contains a
most startling
Sermon to dressy X adies.
"We are connected with this matter by our
opinions as to woman's sphere of employment,
liett-jr wages are demanded for women. Many
sewing womeu have but one or two dollars a
week, to keep off death and the devil with.—
One poor woman made c*ipsat ttooccuts a pi«ce>
Would her munificent employer be willing.to
show himself? lie would probably need all
the caps the poor woman ever made to hide his
bumble sense of merit. Muni/ h*mor attic, and
pure women have io do with this matter. When
they dress theigselyea ip garments cbpaply
{nn phased, tbey may have dressed up a soul
l'«r the sacrifice, or sewed a thread io a shroud.
Coubl the veil bo lifted, Would they not see 011
their gay, white dresses, strange dark spots and
crimson patterns that they knew not of—spots
of inextinguishable red that all the seas cannot
wash away? Mingled in the wreaths ol' flow-
ers on their fair heads, would tbey not see the
grass that grows on graves?"
But to torn from this to the plcasauter sub-
ject of
Homes in Che Country.
Says the Horticulturist:-^
"A plcasifii w*iter mi 'beaver's Magaiine'
for December last, discusses the impossibility
of our being happy anywhere., aud doc tares, *JL
do uot hesitate to say that the scenery amid
which a man lives, and the house in which be
Uves, have a vast deal to do in making him what
bo is. Life in itself is a neutral tliihg, color-
IpN ?ll4 ^44^ H 11# eolor and its fla-
vor from the scenes amid Which we lead it, Jit
is: like Water, which external influences may
tuiiko the dirtiest or cleanest, the bitttf-ept or
' i MARRIAGES.
From a lecture recently delivered by Bulwer,
we extract a few passages:
" The law that binds the one man to die one
woman;" eloquently exclaimed the lecturer,
" is so indelibly written by nature, that where-
ever it is violated in general system, the human
race is found to deteriorate iu mind and forrn.-
Thc ennobling influences of woman cease: the
wife is a companion—a hundred wives are but
a hundred slaves. Now is this all; unless man
look to woman as a treasure to be wooed and
won—!.er single heart the range of his exis-
tence—that wbich deserves the name of love
eannot exist, it is struck out of the healthful
system of society. Now, if there be a passion
in the human heart which most tends to lift us
out of egotbui and self—which most teaches us
to live in another—which purifies and warms
tlie whole mortal being—it is love, as we of the
North hold it and cherish it. For e/en when
the fair spring of youth has passed, and when
the active life is employed in such grave pur-
suits that the love of his early years seems to
him, like a dream of romance, still that love,
having once lifted him out of egotism into sym-
pathy, does but pass into new forms and devel-
opment-it has unlocked his heart to charity,aud
benevolence—it gives a smile to his home—it
rises up in the eyes of his children—from his
hearth it circulates insensibly 011 to the laws
that protect the hearth, to the native land
which spreads around it. Thus in the uniform
history of the world we discover that whatever
love is created, as it were sanctioned by that
equality between the sexes which the perma-
nent and holy union of one heart with another
proclaims, there, too, patriotism, liberty—the
manly and the gentle virtues—also find their
place; and whenever, on the contrary, polyga
my is practiced, and love disappears in the
gross satiety of the senses, there we find neither
respect for humanity, nor reverence for home,
nor affection for the natal soil. And one reason
why G recce so contrasted in all that dignifies
our nature, the effeminate au 1 dissolute eharae-
tor of the East which it overthrew, is that
Greece was the earliest civilized country in
which on the borders of those great monarchies,
marriage was the sacred tie between one
craggy hills of that rough couutry; if it were and one woman—and man was the thoughtful
.surveyed and returned to die office. And then'-
1 must see tho sanrisg it will 1>e to the c6u$-.
J by U|mding.litt^ieion:: And inidependeiit
ft the expediency of the ; rule, it is required
by law; althouglf Jilk^fcit^ddie 4bt «toiu to be
known by " ~
er; Krica&h, Falcotr,
possible to establish the machinery lor doing
county business out 1 f such materials, we might
entertain the project as feasible and plausible.
Hut, alas, even snob advantages as these are
denied by nature to this couutry. (Great, laugh-
tor.) It is true, there would be 110 difficulty
about the caverns jfor a jail, but the necessary
post-oak and black-jack saplings, to supply
with their foliage a canopy for the august tri-
bunals of justice, could not be found. They
are not in the country. And as for a sycamore
tree suitable for a depository of the archives of
the county, it would be sought in vain. The
wind even reluses to blow sycamore pods in
that direction. (Cheers and laughte .) And
the idea of the people ever b-ing able to build
hnuKcx, in which to transact business, is deeply,
darkly, prodigiously and preposterously absurd.
THE MIGRATION OF BlltDS.
The study of the migration of birds is partic-
ularly interesting. Many of the land birds are
guided instinctively in their journeys by the
course of our great rivers aud mountain ranges,
and our wafer birds by the tending of our crust
lines, liut it is difficult to conceive of the itir
stinet that directs some of our birds, which do
not appear to heed the directions supposed to
be apparent on the face of the country, but
carelessly pass along, intent only on feeding as
they slowly progress in their journey, taking
no landmarks, and beelless little creatures, as
they do not even .so much as take a bird's eye
view of the country over which they pas.-:. For
instance, there is <bc little ruby-crowned won,
that little atom of ornithology, not larger t' an
one's thumb, which passes from Hudson's Bay,
where in summer it breeds,to Florida in winter
and back again to its northern home in spring.
In its migration in spring it passes through
Massachusetts in October, gleaning its food,
principally consisting of the larva? of insects.
This little timid bird does not for a moment
appear to lose its way, or. as wc say,get its head
turned round; but uniformly enters au orchard
or garden on its northern side, and passing
through it from tree to tree, leaves it from its
southern border, and thus puisues its journey,
silently and quietly along, for months, until it,
at last readies the most southern portion of the
Union. In February it leaves Florida on its
journey north, and arrives around Hudson's Bay
by the first of Jumyttid after rearing its young,
leaves these northern regions for the south
about the middle or last of August.
Although most of our small birds migrate to
the south in winter, the swallow tribe, under
pccul.ar circumstances, do not always conform
to the great migratory lav/ of their nature, but
provide themselve' with winter quarters in hol-
low trees, sand banks, and bottoms of ponds.—
The parts visited by our birds in autumn and
winter are Mexico mid the Southern portions
of the Cnion. Mr. Nuttall, who has given
considerable attention to the migration of our
birds, remarks that the greater number of bird*
travel in the night; some spedes, however, pro-
ceed {inly by day, as the diurnal brrds of prey—
crows, pies, wrens; creepers, cross-bills, larks,
blue birds, swallow^, and some others. Those
who travel wholly in the night are owls, butch-
father of a home, not the wanton lord of a se-
raglio.
L I N E S.
Put aside thai trouble*! air,
Jennie Snow:
Sit licsiile me, ill I hut cliuir,
Jennie Snow,
Let mc liold thy hand ill inine;
Let mo fed tlie clasp of tliinc;
Are you thinking- of fang sync,
Jennie Snow?
Purely mrdest. sweetly meek,
Jennie Snow;
If you love me why not speak,
Jennie Snow?
Must I conx you, white you stare,
As if I were anywhere
Put beside you, I declare,
Jennie Snow ?
Some delight my lips must quaff,
Jennie Snow,
/ }rill hixx I/mi;—all, you laugh !
Jennie Snow,
You are lisi'niug what I say,
Though you turn your head away.
Why so serious io -day.
Jennie Snow?
Must you leave me?—well, gooil-bye,
Jennie Snow,
Though a tear bedew the eye,
Jennie Snow,
Wc will part e'en as we met—
Friends I leave thee with regret:
Trust 111c I shall ne'er l'orget
Jennie Snow.
Attempted Suiciuk on tijk Steps of tiik
Union Ollh Housk, iiy a Young Married
Lady, only Lioutkkn Years of Aue.—At
New York, on Monday night, a gentleman dis-
covered a young lady, dressed iu mourning and
of respectable appearance, leaning upon the
railing of lie Union Club-llousc, on the cor
ner of Twenty first street and fifth avenue, ap-
parently ill. Upon questioning her, die con
fessed that she had taken laudanum for the
purpose of sclf-destructiou, having been desert-
fd l-')' her husband and lost her young child,
and that she had now no object in life. SI c
appeared very much distressed in mind and
body, and produced the vial—a two-ounce vial
—which she had emptied of its contenta.
She stated thrt, owing to the interference of
her husband's friends, ho had deserted her last
Wednesday, 80th March, since which time she
had eaten no food, and sought relief lroiu her
misery only in death.
She was immediately carried to a druggist's
store, and a powerful emetic administered,
which relieved the stomach of a quantity of
fluid, but notoue particle of food!
The physician in attendance stated that she
b tl Hot oaten certainly in four days. One of
the gentlemen present went for her husband, a
fast youth of tlie fancy order, who came in with
an air of nonchalance, and asked her coollj
what was the matter. He also sta-.ed that her
sister had told him that, day that bia wife bad
eaten nothing sinee he left her. After the dan-
ger from the JKUaon was pissed, the two.were
left together. Her only desire in living is to
possess the affections of her husband, who is
evidently unworthy of her love, as be himself
admitted she had done nothing to forfeit it.—
At his earnest reque.it, and for the sake of his
wife, their names are withheld from publication,
but should he continue his unfeeling course, he
geese, storks, &c. F When untoward circum- w'^ ^ exposed to the scorn he so richly de-
stahces render haste necessary, certain kinds of fwn<e8'
Sons of Eminent Men.—Sons of eminent
men seldom amount to much, as they m-e gene-
rally content to iufhit^) their souls with their fa-
er birds, king fishers, thrushes, fiy-catchers,
night-hawks, whip-poor-wills, and also a great
number of aquatic birds, whose motifip^ arc of-
ten principally nppturnal, except in the cold
a|ul desolate northern regions, where they usu-
ally retire to breed J Other birds are so power-
fully impelled by this governing motive to mi-
gration, that they stop neither day nor night;
such as the herotisj plovers; swans, cranes, wild
arc satellites, which glow with a borrow
and wben the source be-
tiirds, which ordinarily travel only in the night,
continue their route during tlie dny, and scar-
cely allow themselves time to ea>; yet the sing-
ing-birds, properly p " 1
dayj .whatever may ^ ^ ^
iW^R's&HeuT.Tow ' etfor rt'fleS Hght,
tf}cs0 feeble out enthusiastic animals are able to comes cxtiuet. and tl
pass the time, thus Engaged,without the aid of. they are left in utter darkness. A transferred
recruiting sleep? 1 , - 1 ! fame is not >* substance, but a'shadow. Uiniltic-
Hasthr late Cold Weather Injured 'ion be wrought out; it never comes at a
the FAurr?—This i„ a question we have been beck. TrtfcgrcHtne^ neyer.goes upon crutch
asked repeatedly in Hie past two days. We re- e8.|,,t1ls.a8 of man
^ > «rcat.fttoiK
n*e birth'tiiSnyS- it,es tor fdnftiou and distinction, but it, can
irig-birds, properly to called, never migrate by ther'a gi't^tucs*—-which is very easi.y done.—
' [happen tolb;PJ l; AftdHi^y"
* ' • reflected lighl
Hie light fades qnite away,
#ru things greatly dependent on exterual-iidlu-v
—^ " '^ ^le, ar' ' ** * ' *
life?
ei<pe8j otilv stoli
perries in whi
.. . . y # ww. w i rci> u 11 m 1 urea— i . • . > . 7
utsome treeof tW**eei cberrre# tm ibknVT? j ® p , 'they ,u.ust «edalous-
of the germs of frn tWnekened and destroyed.- d wisely used, or p. r advantages, well
The aprieot buds in many places, jftji ywr-S surpass them. Wealthy young
tidily bfit "1 ^ ^ '
and pears
inquired c
pie are not afiiedteel b*Jthe °f whose .
Hiph Kmoiiiber w^ittoh fcbdwj so^ft a« thWtnnetbgppwpeot j PWrttf ennfaftfacc theyftiay have roaohed.
thp M*t|e child if} VYordgwQ^h'epoem,e$pfesij- ^;a ^ ^VdtablB.w/SV, Ifwh Mir. Qarrett, a farmer "who resided near Al-
a deolded preference for one pl l«^ WWl " : ' Vbany, N. Y., is a man of ready decision a*d
eoimtry over another, whieb appeared to havo The Republican, o| the same date says: promptaction. One day 1*. t week he sold his
greater trttraciions; and. who, wnen praised for r We fear there is little hope left for the peach farm for$6000}tbe next he settled$2000 on his
bik teasctti} di l>::after nibch reileciion^x' upon crop W present ye^r. The late cold .freesing 1 w fo aud cbildren, and on the following eloped
; ^ -11- -k-1 it out. Possibly,in some { with " '
.J iingle.fikCtlaaiha eause of h prtefertnee:-- f *«tli«(r' bas crashed jit out. Possibly, in some { w&b a servant girl tMM&rnfc
wsp aew tth|irea k} > * .. .
Northern Light
Vanderhilt, St. Louis, and
And of alftfrrae there fe Ao
ment o*"
but
Oi Hit. tfltW i
'J 0
fi-wo
4msw&*i e4i
'i
.. . . M OVIIIV |
localities there may!be a smail crep, but it is — j■ w w----- ij „
Wc shall have to look -iictd
at fc
. ii|ii iii|iii in
?o«eb^doriupy^^ftal,of«^l
soveMy-twjo ot^tiieae
Jeori, tbe ot6er day, drove down, unattcn
to look
be is having built.
books o^e firm Mo*,
refierrtag to ■ —unlive
ini^ pnblialMd bgr a P
CHINESK AGRI€ULTUm
The
of travels in
cer,says:
•' This author, like every other who h* via-
ted Ohiua, bears testimony of tbe Ugk Aevelop-
ment of agriculture in that NaysterioM eonntry
The harvest in China, he remarka, * yredUooa
fitly, seventy, and even a hundred fold. The
Cili se will bo found in the care wiil which
they manure the ground, and tbe custom of sow-
ing early, of weeding, and wateriug, etc.' 'The
acre of land yields iu England, Uenuany, aud
l1 ranee, twice or three times as much as With
us, but the Chinese agriculturist surpaMMB even
the Kuropean by far How infinitely infbtior,'
says Professor Liebig, < is tho agrieuteureot' Ku-
rope tc that China 1 The ChinMe are the most
admirable gardeners and trainers of plant*, for
each of which they understand how to prepare
and apply the best adapted manure. The ag-
riculture of their country is the moat perfect in
tbe world, and there, where the climate, fa the
most fertile districts, differs little from the Eu-
ropean, very little value is'attached to the ex-
crements o; animals. With us, thick books are
written, but uo experiments instituted.'"
Travelers toll us of one particular attainment
of Chinese agriculture, which, although it is not
always of practical value, indicates a wonderful
Knowledge of the laws of vegetable growth—
that is, the power of enlarging and dwarfing, at
will, inauy of the productions of nature. Tims,
an oak tree, for instance, will frequently be seen
growing in a flower-pot, bearing its thrifty lit-
tle leaves, and bringing ite tiny aoo^ns to matu-
rity, with all tlie regular.ty of its forests kin-
dred, the entire tree not being more thai two
feet high. Such specimens ot human ingenui-
ty may be worthless, but tbey imply a knowl-
edge and skill that are worth a great deal.
The Carnival in Paris—A Bam, at the
Palace.—The Paris correspondent ot the Na-
tional Intelligencer, in his letter of March 10,
writes: '
The week, filled as it bas been with political
wonders, has Imhmi none the less enrnival; and
in Roman Catholic countries it would havebecn
difficult to read signs of disquietude, if at b-ast
one may judge from experiences in Paris. The
I" oplc at large, in addition to the wild muninie-
rie of the Jlanf ,jru*, have hal their monstrous
balls, (I use tbe word in all its senses, ancient
and modern, traus and #•#*-Atlantic,} beginning
at midnight, and driven by cnginenieii like
Strauss and Lanner, each beading his corps of
hundred and fifty thorough-drilled recruits.—
Such music, raging like a storm wind in the
vast expanse Of the -mpcrial Opera House, in ay
well-nigh drive men, " ay, and women too/'
besides themselves.
* * * * * * * *
The fancy balls appear to have baffled ail de-
scriptions. Splendor and graudeur, redn«.cd to
stat-.stics, are stranded m shoals of incompre-
hension, so soon as inbound from the deep-sea
soundings of imagination. * * •
Fifty of the gay aud festive scenes arc the
themes of as many sparkling .euillctouiste.
*******
Ihc Imperial family have enjoyed the csuni-
val doings no less than the simpler folk. The
Empress and the Emperor were prese t, mask-
ed aud cloaked iu durnino, at all the rancy balk
and on Monday the palace was (he scene of the
most magnificent of all. There were six hun-
dred maskers; among thcji the Emperor, as a-
soldier in the time of I^ouis XV. aud the Em-
press, in a Court robe of the same c|«och, in red
•dack and gold, loaded with diamonds; the
Princess Clotilde as Mary Stuart. The revels
lasted until (i in the morning, two suppers hav-
ing been served in the interval—one at 2 and
the other at 5. At one end of the banquet
hall bad been contrived a cascade of living wa-
ter, wjiuh, tumbling over rocks and mossy ver-
dure, imparted tbe freshness of opeu day to tfce
air. At midnight a chariot, drawn by ailegor-
ical maskers, passed into the dancing hall
freighted with tbe blooming suite of Flora.
They were the Countess Walewski, the Mar-
chioness Cadore, the Countess Morney, and
Madame dc l^abedoyere. Tbe car was filled
with flowers. The iiimpress received her crown-
ing bouquet with characteristic grace, and the
train, passing through the crowd, dispensed
their treasures with tbe Iticjew of nature's
own. A second car bore Sileuus iu ; and
a third, a graceful band of grape gatheren,with
gilded basketo of the freshe t fruit. An end-
less series of like devices.yet of endless novelty,
appears to have made this ball one of really sur-
passing magnificence.
Comparison Between Bankers awd Ed-
rttias:—"Among tho most eminent bankers of
Spain is M. Salamanca, of Madrid. He is a
gentleman of cultivated tastes aud liberal views.
His kuown political opinions bring him into
close contact and association with those writers
and politicians who are devoted to the fortunes
of the moderate party. Politicians and jour-
nalists of this par y are rcce:ved at his table
every Thursday. To this weekly courtesy,
says the Londou Spectator, twelve journalists
recently respouded, by inviting their opulent
host to an entertainment of their own, at ottn of
the modest restaurauts of the Spanish cnpltal.
Tbe iuvitrttion was accepted,aiid tlie dinner took
place, tbe cost of the teast being eight tbd*,
or onesDilliug and nine^penoea head.
of the basket of fio*era usually placed at the
ccutre ot tlie table, stood a pyramid of books,
surrounded by the lusts of Calderon, Lopez de
Vega, Cervantes aud Vehwques. 'lite dinner
was more than modest, and the only apoltigy
we have for mentioning it at all, must be found
in the moral of M. Salamanca's speech:
" 'Gentlemen,' said be, 'about twenty-five
years from this time tho old and thread'jare
cassock of SaUuMHioa, then a student ill tlie
University of Uranada, might he among the
obi** and most worn out cassocks of his com-
rades. When my education was completed E
proceeded to Malaga, and made myself a^nvN
Mro (journalist) of the Avimdur
Then the love id" gold took possession df *iir
soul, and it Was iu Madrid that I fouwd tfcn ofc- '
joct of uiy adoration; but not without the Into' "
of my juvenile illusion. Believe me.
men, the man who osn satisfy all his wldii
no enjoprmeat. Keep the way von have ter-
ed ou, I advise you. !to.b<wmild's : J
will cease ou the day of his death. lMnM
ity can be earned, bat not bought. H ft m
before you the busts of men who have gtethHi.
ly culUvated liberal arte; their busts 1 hays
with throughout the wh^eef Europe, l«t'n -
wheie have I foond a statue erected to the
memory alt a man who has devoted his KiWtfc • i
making money. To day I speak to you wi^b"
my feelings ot twenty-two years; fer in yomi
company harefoi#o4t n I am a beaker, a-.dr K'
only thought of my youth and days of gay hu- '
The Grand
abolished. Hie Detrol
act pmricUng fu the t
formation goes into
l-'th of February
tgan
Pre.
of criminals
which his
functions,
oimtzA
.vtisau
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