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AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, L8-18.
NUMBER 20.
VOLUME I.
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Post Paid.
-iNTHESE-TATiS OF THE UNITED
. STATES.
"Mr Niles, front the Committee on the
- PostrOfiiceiind Post Roads, reported the
-folIowiuff'hilS. which was read and passed
to a second reading:
. ;- A BILL
Establishing certain post' routes and for
T m T other purposes.
'. If e it. en acted by the Senate and House
of 'Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.. That
the following be estahlished.as post routes
, IN TEXAS.
. . From' New 'Orleans, m the State of
Louisiana, to Galveston, .in lexas, by
"water.
Prom.Galv-eston to Houston, by water.
From' Galveston, by San Luis and Ye-
lasco, to Matagorda.
"JPronTGalveston to Corpus Christi, by
water ,
'.Frdni Galveston, by Charabersia, John's
; and Li'rjerty; to.Swartwout.
' jpmvGalvestoiij by Garner's .to itean-
ino'nt: - '
--? From Veiasco, b' Erazoria, to Colum-
bia, Orozirnbo, Big Creek, Richmond. S:jn
-Jljpe, Centre Hill, and Cedar Creek, to
" Washington. -
4 From "Matagorda, by Canoy. Beston,
PeachCreek, Egypt, and Golumbus, toLa-
, grange.- . ,
From. Houston, iy Hamblin's and Ar-
nold's, to Washington.
From Houstotvby Hodges' Bend, Rich-
mond, Damon's Milts, Egypt, and Texan a,
to Victoria.-
'From Houston,- by Croft's, to Montgomery-
t " ' 'u
, From Wjashingtcn ;by -Trrdependence;
iBreiiMm, SieperSjjilglby-and Ruters-
Title, tojag range.
From Washington, by Fan thorp's, Rusk,
M4rJtgomer Lone Oak, "Collard's Hunts-
cvfrlfaud Cincinnati, to Crockett.
Ty From Washington, by Booneville.
Wheelock, and Franklin, to Falls, of the
, Brazos.
From Fanthorp's, by Mitchell's, Leona
''Mi lis, Alabama, au d Mustang Prairie, to
Crockett.
FromHuntsvi!leby McGee's, Rankin's,
S wart wout,4, Hardin's. .Crisw-11. Hooker's,
Wilson's, RatclifFs, -Town Bluff, Jasper-
and Williams, io Sabiiie Town. ,
"From Crocket t, by Master's. Mount Ai-
ry, Douglass, and Flotirnoy's, to San Au-
gustme.
From Nacogdoches, by Woolen's Hen
derson, and Walker's, to Marshall, j .
From San Augustine, l.y. Shelby ville,
Hiljiard's, ?jDnivt Moudj, and Barry's, to
Marshall:
.; f
.
' . From .San Augustine, by Milam, to Sa-
blnetown. ' , J.
;- From Mhrshall-, by Hughes, Daing
- fiejd, Weaver's, atid liurhani, to B ston
iger-
- ' From Boston, by Jlooresville, to Fulton,
. Arkausasr
tFrom -Boston, by TJg, kalb. Savannah,
Clarksvllle, Blossom Prarie, Paris and
Honey Grve, td Bonharn.
- From Bonham. by tcGarra's. Dallas,
and Chambers Greek, to Falls of Brazos.
From Independence, by Mound Ptairie,
Caldwell, and Dilliard's, to-Nashville.
From Lagrange, by Miller's, Gunning-
ham's, Mount Pleasant, Bastrop, Smith-
wick, and Columbus, to Austin.
JJrom Austin to Gutfzales.
From Gbiizales, by Scguin, and New
Bratittfels, to San Antonio
-Srr. 2. Aiiilhpif-Tiirlhtr onnrf'pfJ. That
fhp. Prwf.mi!!fr PJpi.Mr-.l Up r.i.rl Iip i: liprp.
by, authorized to continue in operation '
such portions of the present nfailcrvicein ,
Texas, established under its former laws'
upon any of the foregoing routes, as he may '
deem expedieut-not, however, lor a Ion-
MP n-nH thnr, iho tl;rt;n,i, T.., i-n.
ger period than the thirtieth June, IfcoO ; ,
and to make contracts for the appropnate I
mail service on any of the foregoing routes,!
enner witnoiu aavenisement, wnere tne
same can be effected at rates of compensa -
the Postmaster General he, and he is here-'
byj authorized to pay mail contractors in
Texas for service duly performed by them
c'mno tho Ifith rl.ivnfPpbrnnrTr IS1A Tr-n.
1 ' videdSfunocver, That such pVvment" shall
in no case' exceed the compensation agreed
the United States all balances accruing at
their pftices,, respectively, Tfom and after
tinn not exceeding the uvfmao nnrpx for , ...i i.i... ...i-i is ntulcr u'ntoi- riM... .,.i. n.. k.ii pi,.;.
like service ill the other States of the Uni- j ;,ie same m-'peet of be..tv ns when the Cm.. ' borne, a-ud ihe works ..f the Draining Co.npa- !Z tin' nroT-etmns 7 "fT
on, or upon advertisements for a less pe-J tor commanded her o be. The heavens shall ' ny h ving overflowed th ir banks, uith few ex- OHj,mil. (,,,,;, ,ej "" r. A'
riod than twelve weeks, as he shall deem j be as bright over our graves, as they are now , cepi.n,., the water bad go. to Rampant street. . jmiJ g mn' experience." dif
best for the public interests. around o,r paths. Tin- world will have the I At Lnkn. I ontchartram the Railroad wharves, fen.m 8e,lfMIli IlcclinIi 8 $w orlIl ,,
Skc. 3. And be it further enacted. That same attention to our ofi-prmg yet unborn that ' c., were all oveiilowed, and should the wa- , , ..,.i:. ,.i i i.i ,,.li ...:.i.
nporiVith "the late authorities of Texas : s,"IKe,, OI uul " ""p nI ''" creP .
Prdvidecf. also, Thatthe several pos.mas-; an; nl,r !,nmp- Wl" cnnn he r"rs"IIC"; D,ljrf
. ZT5 . i i .u i . ' will coi tinoe to move on, and laughter and
ters in Texas appointed by the late go- wi e ihp wwr
vernment of Texasshall duly account to ld lhc ,at mourned for us will be dried,
and -pay over to the Postmaster General of .,..., ,,. ... . . . nwpn mip ,.;,
said 16th ol February, 3S46; that is. all
money collected, for postages at their offi-
ces, respectively, after deducting the com-
missions allowed by the law to postmas-
ters in ihe Uuited States And it is here-
Lbv enacted and declared to be the duty of
said persons and postmasters as aforesaid,
in Texas, to account for and pay over to
said Postmaster General of the United
States all said balances, in the manner
and to the extent required by the laws of
the United States of the several postmas-
ters in the United States; and the like
remedies and means of collecting, and en
forcing collection, by suit or otherwise, of
said balances, are heieby granted, as now
exist by law against the postmasters of the
United States. The same rates of postage
are to be charged and collected in Texas
as in other Stales of this Union ; and all
laws concerning- the Post Office Depart-
ment, and regulations thereof, are hereby
declared to have full effect and operation
in said State from and after said 16th of
February aforesaid.
Sec. 4. A nd be it further en act d, That
the act establishing certain post routes in
Texas, approved the day of
Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-
six, be, aud the same is hereby repealed.
PASSAGE OF THE SUB-TREASURY
BILL.
The following are the main provisions of
this bill, which passed in ihe House of Repre-
sentatives on the 3rd uli. by a vote of 126 to
67:
Section 5. Provides for the appointment of
receivers general, lo hold their offices for the
term of four years, at the city of New York,
at Boston, .and the city of St. Louis.
Sec. 6 Provides that receiving officers of
customs and of lands, and all po?ttnaslers,
with certain named exceptions, shall keep the
money paid in to ihetn," without using it, till
die same-is, ordered lo be transferred or be
paid out. , -
Sec. 9. Provides that all receivers of public
money within the District o,f Columbia shall,
'whenever directed by the Secretary of ihe
Treasury, or Post Mailer General, pay the
money received by them into the Treasury;
and that all receivers of public money else-
where shall pay the money received by them
ho the receivers genera.1, at least iu often as'j
once a weeK.
Sec. !0 Provides for the transfer of the
public money upon the order of the Secretary
ofthe Treasury. tl " .''
ec. lo. mnues it tne uuryortne oecreta- , tlienttc, traditional and mythological. At the
ry of the Treasury, with-asnudi promptitude, jpej&uUime itiey have a very correct arid dis-
as the convenience of uV public business and' 'TineL mo'de of comoutinV their historical eras
4jjgpafety-ifii pugtittfuiids will )Hriiiii, to rby cycles of fifty years. -Applying this esli-
, withdraw- the balances remaining wilh the mate 'to the authentic period, Mr. Milne finds
present depositories. , that the first real personage who mi upon the
Sec. 17. Directs the manner in which' the ! throne in China, began to reign 2200 years be-
books shall 'be kept, &c, and provides that , fore Christ. This was I4S vears after the
any l-nuing of-the public money or couver-
sion ol it to private use, shall he adjjidged tin
emhpzzeJmenl of susli money, which is decln
rpdtobea leiony, punishable r-n conviction, is supposed to have been founded in 217;
by 'miprisonment for not less thanix moiith, Aslmr laid the foundation -of another King-
noi more than ten years, and a fine equal to , dom at Ninevah about the stime time ; and the
the amotuit of money embezzelled. j Egyptian monarchy dates from 21SS. Mr.
Sec. 19. Provide that after the thirtieth rMiiur state.s various facts, gleaned from the
day of June, 1S46, one third part of -.'II duties ' early history of China, which go to prove that
taxes, ates of public lands, debts, and sums the "first King must have been synchronized
orm-nev neeruing or becoming due lo the U. w'nh the immediate, descendants of Noah.
S'atesshaljbe collected in the legal currency The whole number of Empern-s, belonging to
of the United Stales; and from and after the 14 dynasties, is 23G. The 'number n? Em-
3l)ih of June, IS47, one other third part shall presses does not appear. "These," says the
be cnilecteil in s.ik-Ii currency ; and after the lecturer, "behaved so ill, ard were often"nt the
30ib of Julie, 1S4S, the remaining one ibinl botiom of all mischief, that it was found nec-
part shall he so collected ; and from and af- cssiry aliree or lour hundred years ago, to dis
terthe last mentioned day all payments of go- pense with their services ni'this capacity."
vernmei t dues or of postage shall be in gold
and silver only. Great Flood. Owing to the heavy rains
Sec. 20. Directs all payments made by u',,lch fdl " Saturday night, together with a
every officer or agent of the government, af- ' s,ro northeaster, the swamp in the rear of
ter the lasi mentioned period, to be in K0J ! e city was soon filled, and the wind driving
nud silver only. me water into the city, created great alarm lo
Sec 21. Fen hiils any exchange of funds ; l,,e inlhitniits of the back part of the town,
by any of the officers or'agents of 'the govern- " ""day, "bout mid day, the flood iucreas-
tuent other than an exchange for gold and ' e(J sn I,,,,c,, ns to us apprehensions lhat it
silver; and directs every disbursing officer, would equal the great flood nflt&I, which
when the means for his disbursements are fur- cuused great damage. The inhabitants Iiv-
nislied him in currency legally receivable, to ' in '" U,w '"",ss "l 'he Luke have removed
make his payments received for the drafts fur- ! lo t,,e city their habitations being no longer
ni-lied, unh ss he oan, in either case, exchange teiiantable.
the means hi hi.s bunds for gold and silver at Fr,,m l t() G "'clock, P. Al. oniSunday, the
par. .
I those drafts heiny n.-ed or thrown" into circu- i
I"oibu paper currency, or medium of ex-,
""W- I
St'c' 24' Fixesthe salaries of the receivers.!
" &c- Th'.Z "encral nt New I
'rk, " l" S4.000 P- annum : at
Charleston $2,500, and at St. Louis $2,500,
&c ,
I
An e, m UTiter says, "Gene-mion '
nflMr ,riMlf,r:- ,..,.,. !( 1Vfi ,-, mwi .,,; i
! feOWa w.ere as active as our own. Thev !
she had once for ourselves, that she has now ;
for our children. The throbbing heart will be I
' stifled and we will be nt re?t, our funeral will
wind on its way, and our friends uill all return I
; '""l ,Ki'v u " darkness and the worm. And ;
' 5t "'? hert,'t f"r " !J.,"'rI '""f lhtt)ve s,,nI,.be j
dren will cease to think of us and will not re-
member to lisp our nnmc.".
Sec 2S Makes it the dutv of the Secrem- i 'tweeii tlie lew tnnal mid tlie LmKi; Ko,id, I ... ,-, , . .. ' which sunn became very tami bar. lie oltea
-... o. lw.iuiMi me uiiij m mi oi.crna- I ..a . . , ... .. ... .. ' i chair to prevent its moving, but ihetorce was , . ,J. , . , , ,
ry of the Treasury to issue and publi.-h regu- ' lem'mgto he laiid.ng o ihe Mobile mail boats; , t()o (reat' f()r jg n.sjstJmc .Jl(J M : P"1 '" ",e ,,ox snme udders, -which she attack-
Ialions to enforce the j-peedy presentation of "nd yesterday, at 12 o'clock, it was within jv-jT,,, seated himself on a part of the cb air ,'lhv,th "real ,,v'd"y. seizins 'hem by the body,
all government drafts and prescribe the time , tnTtt '"dits-of the greatest height of the flood wig l,7rou1 (f -,s ,)f, n i,,jqiie hid -ilsii ',,C ,,,,,ul a'ul the '"''' ""(l 1,i,! ",,t nM,enr n"
in which all drafts shall he presented for pay- ol IS3I. nl still rising. The houses, y:trds lnkeR er ' gid V, ' larmed or embarrassed when they coiled them-
uient ; avnd to niard.asfar as mav be. against staldes, hotels and outbuilding.-, at the end of ..... P,wlt , , ,. . ., . ... selves around her bodv. Neither herself nor
s i" -- .......... , ...... .
A Farmer's Life. I wish 1 could see in nil
our ariners a dispo.-iiiou to magnify their call
ing'; but 1 have been grieved l!) many u farm
house, to listen to lamentations over what they
nromisiuv vouth ot seventeen or enrnteen, u no
ierm ineir -narn ioi. i nave nearu me res-, ui-m 1Ur tiuu a jjeaue oi iuiiio, ai.erwarus io . yorj. . niore than hall a century since, gives j siciai uoips win De neara aia great Q1S-
idents upon a noble farm, all paid for, talk j examine closely into everything bordering on I tjC f(',owijr graphic picture of thai event J-tance. .Thus, if we approach within a
i .,. i 1...5J i i i i . i... . ii .. i r .-...! .. 1-. i- .
aimut uruugi-ry, mm nevei oawug men nrh "..; iei ii.uiu.ii, uv ui.ico means e. can, .,ncj jIG appe;,rance 0fthe citv at that time, mile or two ol a town or village-m wnicn a
done, mill few or no opportunities for the chil-1 with a little determined resolution, dispel all we'fin it , tjie PXV York Mirrror I fair is held, we may hear verv faintlv the
d en ; and I have especially been sorry to hear unp easant thoughts upon the subject : c.w lhen stnif, ut AIc(Jombs house nenr j cIan,or of the multitude, but more distmct-
the females lament over the bard fate of some 1 he relator ot this story when a boy, lived ., -nct- ..,-. :J1 tlwnrmi ul mlr mneiml .ivistrn-
was admirably filling up bis duties, aud train- ly 'teens, he was sent by his father, on rf dim
ing himself for extensive usefulness and in- hall mnonhiny November niht, to accompa-
fluence They have made comparisons be.- y a youn.r girl, the daughter of a distant
tweeti his situation, coarsely clad aud work-1 neighbor, home. The road in one place lead
injr hard, and coming in fatigued, with some rlug the side of a sto'ne wall, which surroun-
collere cousin or young man who has clerked
it in u store, till at length the boy had become
dissatisfied, aud begged off from his true in.-
terests and happiness.
Pain conversant wiih no truer scenes qf
joyment than I have witnessed in American i
farm houses, and even fog cabins, where thej
father, under the influence of enlightened
Christianity, and sound views of life, bus gone
with his family as the uorld have teimed it in-
to the woods. The land is his own, unci he
has every inducement to improve it, he fouls
a healthy employm nt for himself and family,
and is never at a loss for materials to occupy
his mind. I do not think the physician has
more occasion lor research than the farmer;
the proper food of vegetables nrd aiiimal-
will alone constitute a wide and lasting field
of investigation. The daily journal of a far-
mer is a source of much interest to himself
and others. The. record of liu, labors, the ex-
pressions of his hopes, the nature of his fears,
the opinion of his neighbors, the results of his
experiments, the entire sum total of his oper
uliuns, will prove a deep source of pleasure, to
any thinking man. Ifthe establishment of g-
ricultural societies, aud the cattle shows of our
country should have the. effect of stimulating
one farmer in every town to manage his land
and stock upon the best principles of husban-
dry, there would be a wonderful aud speedy
alteration in the products of the earth, because
comparison would force itself upon his friends
and neighbors, and his example would be ben-
eficial, for prejudice itself will give away lo
profit. Chortle's Address.
Antiquity op tiic CuiNnsn Emiprc.
The Hev. Mr. Milne, an English mi.sionary,
has recently returned to his native, country
I from China "the field of bis labors, and is now
delivering lectures on the Celestial Empire.
the course ot these lectures he has made
some interesting statements respecting the mi-
tiquity of the empire. The Chinese, it ap-
pears, divide their historv into three parts, au-
, flood, and 47 years after the confusion 'of
tongues at Babel. This calculation lV not
wholly improbable. The Babylonian Empire
waters rose nine ii dies in the rear of the city, j
t,,e New Canal, or Shell Road, are all iuun
d:lle,l "d f'" iw miles toward the city ihe
f1" ,1,ver,,,.,rown ,ts l,a,,ks' ln ,t,,e
I's , the distance to appear as- if they
ZZ "h i'0" S"a ' ;"" "
b r.c ges a " very great. At 1 o clock
jesteid.iy, the whole ol St Mary street, llevia
street down to Phillipa, i eluding the House
f R.-f,, d Sccnd aislllieipiiliiy Work-
house, were inundated. Also, all the streets
between llevia and Canal sir., down to Ci
ens street, were inundated. Faubourg Treu
r-
tne
ter increase, the cars will be compelled to stop
running. In all the places ue. have mentioned
the inhabitants are compelled to use boats or
t'dte the back of a good ftout negro. No cal-
c.ihnion can be made of the lns which has
Ce" ?r W,M be s,,f '"Ti1 ,!' ,,,,s flnot!' 'l'1 u
imioi uc irni, .inn win i. in on uiiiiiy onaine iu
meetii. We regret to say, likewise, that the
Charity Hospital, and the infirmaries gener-
ally, are all inundated, rendering nccess to
them exceedingly difficult. At the time we
write the rain has ceased, but the wind contin-
ues, mid the waters arc Ptill rising. ir. O.
Delia.
Ghosts. We ex rnct the following uarn-
tive from a lengthy article published in a late
periodical, on the subject i.f nppnratinhs. et-
cetera, and would remark thr.t it is always.
m me countrv. line somewhere in Jus ear-
dtfd a grave-yard in a sparse grove, on a bree
zy eminence, about Halfway to their p!a:e of
rdestinaiton. Having companr, he thou.ht
phltle of the grave-ytird, until he arrived op
en-,,ijioiJelo itrjn his return alot:e. He was a
nrae lad ; but his heart heat thick and fast
when his progress was suddenly arrested by a
prolonged groan, proceeding from the " place
of graves." His first thought was to run, the
next that his father's old negro man Jake, who
was up to all sorts of practical jokes, bad got
into the grave-yard, on purpose to frighten
him as he came along back. This idea nut
hi m upon his mettle. . He picked up three' or
four rocks, as they say at the South, and clam-
bered up on the wall. Looking down upon
the field of irregular tombstones, some rising
high in the faint moonlight, and others shrink-
ing away in shadow, he called out:" You
can't come it, Jake! I know you, and if yon
do that'again, I'll fix -your black flint for von!
1 ve got, some stones here, and I'll make you
'feel 'em, you blasted nigger !" But there
was no response ; only .i di ep groan. He
forthwith despatched a " rock" in the direc-
tion whence the sound proceeded. Nothing
moved not a sound "was heard. "Now be
done, Jake," exclaimed the now slihtly terri-
fied lad, or I'll throw again; the.e stones
will kill you in a minute, if they hit yon !"
The answer to this threat was an agonizing
sound, .something between a groan aud a long
subdued howl ; the unearthly sound, ending
in a loud trembling cadence.
But there was no other reply. On looking
more closely, however, the trembling lad dis
tinctly 5-aw a body, all in white, lying between
two graves, not far oft', and beckoning lo him
with long, attenuate arms, and occasionally
groaning in spirit, as a spirit would naturally
do. " Well who's afraid ?" reasoned the lad,
l' if it is a ghost, it can't hurt me, if it ain'c a
ghost, I can hurt him and I will !" He now
jumped down from the wall, and advanced to
the spot ; and there he found sprawling on her
back between two ginve hillock--, her head
twisted round against ihe inner side of one ol
the marble head stones, his father's old while
mare."
. ' -
An " Electrical Giul." Among the re-
cent novelties, which have attracted the atten-
tion of the Parisians, is an 'electrical girl,' of
which the most incredible things are related.
Her name is Angelique Cotton, thirteen years
of age, a native of the department of Fillis-
ters, where she was employed m a thread glove
manufactory as a winder. One day whilst at
work with her companions, the reel on which
she was winding was suddenly projected from
her. The circumstances excited surprise, the
reel was replaced, when the same effect was
renewed. The affair made a noise in the vil-
lage, and the cure was called in. After the
priest, the doctor was applied to, but he was
as unable to effect a cure, as "ihe cure had
been. Another doctor then visited her, and
witnessed the same effects as the other had
seen, but being a sensible man, he made no
attempts to cure an affection which he did not
understand. This gentleman induced the
mother of Angelique to send her to Paris, aud
accompanied her. The account then goes on
to say :
A few days ago she was taken to the Obser-
vatory where Messrs. Aragn," JMuihieu, Lau-
gier, and Goujuu, witne.-sed the foljowing ex-
periments: A piece of paper, placed upon
the edge of a tuhle, was immediately attrac-
ted by the left hand of the girl. She then,
holding her apron in her hand, approached a
guerdion, which was pushed -back, although
the apron scarcely touched it. 'I he next ex-
periment was to place her in a chair with her
feet on the ground. The chair was projected
u ith violence against the wall, while the girl
was thrown ihe other way. This experiment
was repeated several times, and with the same
lesuiis. ill. arago l.uil ins hand unoii tlie
tojustily an opinion that any deception had
been practised. Since then, other experi
meats have been performed by Dr. Tauchon.
Tliisgeutleii.au had the chair in which Ange-
lique was seated, held by two powerful men.
In this instance it was not driven away, but
broke in their hands. A table, a guerdion,
and a heavy sofa were projected by the con-
tact ol the girl's clothes. Dr. Tauchon as
cerlained that the chair in which she its, is
first attracted, and next repulsed. When An
gelique is isolated from the ground l.y a gl.is
poies were apt;
which cases she was in contact. She ex-
periences violent commotions, when the
electric discharges take place, and suffers
grea ly Irani them. It is in the evening, be
tweeti seven and nine, about an hour after she
ha dined, that her electrical power is most
strongly developed. Her pulse then heals
from 105 t 120 per minute.
Population of tub United States. Es-
timating the increase at three, per cent, per
annum on the census of 1840, the population
of the United States will amount to 20, 1 40,370
I on the first of June, 1546.
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Final departure, of Washington
from ft. York. Mf.Cnstis,'one of the
familv of Washington; and who was with
that great man on hi5 departure from New J
iattcrv,
now called Bunkers', and that was nearly
the extent of the compact part of the city.
St. Paul's church was quite out of town,
and I used to play on a fine green com-
mon where ihe Park Theatre now stands.
Instead of paved streets in that vjcinity,
there were fe iced fields, in whi- h I could
play as freelv as if on my.own esiate. 1
could now point to the spot where Wash
ington embarked and hade, his finahtttridu'to
his armv and the citizens of New-York, al
though I am sure it must be entirely chan-
ged in appearance during the time which
has since elapsed. It was a point at
Whitehall, just off the Battery, and instead
of the wharf now bound with stately ships,
the shore was then native as the waves that
murmured on its banks. 1 remember the
morning as if yesterday ; it was a clear cool
bracing day in December, and as the Gen-
eral left the house, he took my hand nd I
thought I never saw him look so sad. I
see the spot plainly before me the crowd
'was immense, the army being drawn up
in lines which faced the General as he
passed them; the.eyesof the multitude were
steadily bent upon him, hut n-.t a whisper
among the whole was audible. When
Washington arrived at the spot, he paused,
and a moment surveyed the scene; 1 saw
his heart was too full for utterance, and
his eyes seemed bursting with suppressed
tears ; still, he calmly looked on all around :
but it could not long be thus. Nature was
at length supreme the General hastily
approached one of the officers who was
standing wilh several ol the staff near him,
and falling on his neck gave way to his
feelings in a flood of tears. He them em-
braced each of his oflice'rs separately,
with an almost convulsive grasp, and as he
thus bade his long loved and loving com-
panions adieu, the tears each moment seem-
ed to start afresh. Not a word was yet
spoken, the sigh or sob alone broke the si-
lence of the solemn scene. At length,
when the last officer had been embraced,
the General seemed for a moment to have
gained his self possession, and with a firm
step turned towards the boat in waiting,
he stepped on board and almost snnk upon
the seat ; it was but for an instant, .for as
the boat shoved off,' he stood upright, and
quickly raising hishat with that grace and
dignity which seemed peculiarly to heLng
to him. he surveyed once more his officers,
his army and his friends, and after paus-
ing a moment, he murmured with an em-
phasis I never can forget, so full of min-
gled sorrow and affliction, so deep and ear-
nest, so soul-felt in its accent, the single
word "Farkwkll !" and waving his hat,
the fresh gushing tears prevented his fur-
ther action or utterance. At that momenta
shout, such as I never heard before nor
since : one simultaneous shout burst forth
from the shore, and so loud, and deep, and
full, was it. that it drowned the echo of ihe
heavy guns ; the large 2S pounders, which
at the same time were fired from a short
distance above, a dull heavy noise was all
that I could distinguish : and as the shout
ol the multitude was wafted over the part-
ing waves, atiu the cannon's smoke rose up-
wards, the General once more waved his
hand, aud the boat shot rapidly from the
scene. This was the last time he ever saw
New-York.
Hedgehogs. One of the most interesting
facts of the natural historv of the hedgehog is
that anounced in 1831, by Mr. Lenz, aud
which is confirmed by Professer liucklaud ;
that is, that the most violent poisons have no ef-
fect upon it n fact which renders it of pecu-
liar value in the fore.-ts, where it appears to de-
stroy a great number of noxious reptiles. M.
Lenz said he had once in hi.s house n female
hedgehog, which he kept in a large box, and
the j-oung she was suckling seemed to suffer
from the bites of the venomous reptiles. Pal
les assures us t'uitthe hedgehog can eat about
one hundred caulharides without experiencinrr
any of the effects which that insect produces on
men, dogs, orcats. A German physician who
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study, gave it a strong dose of prusic acid, or
arsenic, or opium, and of corrosive sublimate,
none of which did it any harm. The hedge-
hog in its natural state only feeds on pears, ap-
ples, aud other frail, when it can get nothing
it likes better. Its ordinary food consists of
worms, slugs, snails and adders.
Fatal Flowers. Recently, in London, a
young lady went to bed in good health, and
was found the next morning dead ! The
physicians who were called in, declared that
the whole cause of the catastrophe was the
poisoning of the air, by the exhalations ol" a
quantity of lillies found in iwo large vases on
a low table in the room. Roses, ti heroses,
jasmines, and in fact most flowers, may in the
Mime way produce effects, if not mortal, at
lea-t very injurious. Their influence nets
mo.-t powerful on nervous persons.
Italian Proverbs. An idle mantis a hold
ster for the devil. 'i.
The best throw to make u-ith 'diw&tol
1 throw tlipm nwav. tk
Useful Hints to Public,Speaicers.
1 It is a curious fact in the history 'dl sound,
I that the loudest noises alwavs'p'erjsh on the
spot where they are produced, whereasmn-
men ts-which are played for their amusement.-
If a Cremona violin, a real Atnati,
he played by the side of a modern- hadler
the latter will sound much louder of the
two ; but the sweet brilliant tone of the Am?
ati will beheard at a distance the other
cannot reach Dr. Young, on the author-
ity ol Dr Derham, states that at Gibralter,
the human voice is heard at the distance of
tern mifesftliiffiAyfill Icteovgn. iiifit 'that the.
human voice may-be heard at a greater dis-
tauce than lhat of any other tmimal. ' c
Thus, when the cottager in the woods, , -or
in the open plain, wishes to call Iter hus- -
baud, who is working at a distaucej she
does not shout, but pitches her voice "to fa- ,
musicial key, which she knows from jiab ,t
it, and by that means reaches his ear life '&t..
loudest roar of the largest lion could ffdfc," ' t,
penetrate so far. '-This property okmu,-'
sic in the human voice," says the aumbry1
is strikingly shown in the cathedrals abroad.
Here the mass is entirely performed, irt .
musical sounds, and becomes audible to ev- .
ery devotee, however placed in the remo- " ;
test part of the church: whereas, ff tlfe
same sound had been read, the sounds,
would not have traveled beyond the pre-
cincts of the choir." Those orators who
are heard in large assemblies most distinct-
ly and at the greatest .distance are those.
who by modulating the voice, reuder ft
more musical. Loud speaker' are seldom
heard to advantage.
Burke's voice is said to have been asorl
of lofty cry. which tended, as. much as the
formality of his discourse in .the House" of
Commons, to send the members to liieir
dinner. Chatham's lowest whisper was
distinctly heard: "his middle'tones were
sweet and beautifully varied," siiys a wri-
ter, describing the orator ; "when he rais-
ed his voice to its highest pitch, the' house
was completely filled with the volume of
sound : and the effect was awhl, except
when he wished to cheer or animate arid
then he. had spirit-stiring notes which were
perfectly irresistable. The terrible, how-
ever, was his peculiar power. ' Then the
house sunk before him ; still he was digni-
fied, and wonderful lis was 'his eloquence!
it was attended wth this important effect,
that it possessed every one with a convic-
tion that there was something in him finer
even than his words ; that the man whs
greater, infinitely greater than the orator.
Coicper.
Strength op tiic Human Frame. One;off
the most remarkable and inexplicable experi-
ments relative to the human frame is, that in
which n heavy man is raised' with the greatest
facility when he is lilted up the instant that
his own lungs and those of the other persons
who raise him tire inflated with air. The
heaviest person in the- party lies down upon,
two chairs, his legs being supported by the
one aud his hack by the other. Four-persons,
one at each leg and one nt each shnuldervthen
try to raise him, and find his dead weight- to
be very great, from the difficulty they expert-
ence iu supporting him. When he is repla-
eed iu the chair, each of the four persons take ."
hold of his body as before, and the person to -
be lifted wives tivo siirnals. bv e.Innnfn"' bia fer
hands. At the first signal, he himself and 'his
four lifters begin to draw a long full breath,
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and iv hen the inhalation is completed, or the
lungs filled, the second signal is given for the
rniMiig of the person from the chair. To his
own surprise and that of his bearers, -he rises
with the greatest facility, as if he were no
heavier than a feather. Sometimes when one
of the bearers performs his part ill, hy making
the inhaling out of time, the part of the body
which he tries to ruise is left behind. . The
experiment was performed at Venice by sua-
taming the heaviest of the party on the points
of the fore-fingers of six persons. It is sta-
ted that the experiment will not succeed if the
person to be lifted is placed upon a board, and
the strength of the individuals applied to, tint
board. Abridged jrom Sir Dr. Brcioster's
Natural Magic.
European Slaves. The Foreign Quar-
terly informs us thai there are forty-two mil-
lions of serts or slaves in the Russian Empire,
of whom fifteen millions belong to the crown,
and twenty seven millions are private proper-
ty according to the recent census of Russia..
There is a chance for British and American
abolitionists. Forty two millions of white 'nig-
gers' in Russia. Why has this npallhig case
of slavery escaped the attention of the philan-
thropic British government, and its American
coadjutors! Because, to the very first ques-
tion as to interference, Nicholas of Russia
would reply with a million of bayonets. Welt
does John. Bull know this and is ns quiet as .
lamb.
To emancipate these and other white sla?e
throughout the world, was one declared object
of the French revolution. The battle against
that revolution, and tocontinue these white
millions in bondage, was fought by Great
Biitnn, the present champion of abolition of
negiofluvery throughout th. world. We speak
no fancies, these facts are really words ofhis
torv. But England i declared the acts of the
French people for the liberation of white slaves .
to strike nt the foundation of ail organized
governments. "We ask then the nholitinn al-
feso.f England in this countrv what' is the
V of an agitation for the liberatioivof
jrtvesi 1 It is revolutionary, and that is tho
r,,ndon which M senile abolitionists plac,
in LmtitrMlt Journal.
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