Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 28, 1851 Page: 1 of 4
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tbe oailijher, and !gjper t seat to the former direction, they
5. Tbeieaii3-Weeejded that refuting to tnte a paper or
periodic! fSynttfre office or removing and leaving it uncalled,
fur. iiplunifcrers evhienco of National fraud !
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or pay nphe arreara;etj.be was bound for auotber jear."
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"That where a Potf Master failed to notify the publttben of
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ce, harendfered htmielfliable for the tubscription.
Agents for the Telegraph.
SwATh-j Palm, Austin.
IG.GREGORr, P. M., La Grange.
Gfe, IiAUGHTON, Clarksville.
J$? Bagbv, Do.,
M?1L Dicesox, Bonham,
Et H.Dodd, Lick P. 0.. Fannin county,
TJ. iMATTiriESES, Faris.
W- W. Fais, Larissa, Cherokee county,
L. H. Gideon-. Do., do., "
. J. M. Goode. Marshall, Harrieea county,
T'. CottTss, Crockett,
"if.O. Dxmos, Montgomery,
.JVP. Bowles, Milain county,
J.;Toosev, Cincinnati. Walker co.
J.'W. Copes, Columbia. Brazoria co.
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' u ODR FATHER."
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BY ELIZA COOK.
"Many of the Children told me they always
aid tbfcir-prayersat aight, and the prayer they
aid, was -OarFatherv' I naturally thought
theymeant that they repeated the Lord's
nrayer&Mit I soon found that few of them knew
It. 'iSy only repeated the fiwt two words.;
ther ne5T no'more than " Our Father" These
poor chiiJreiij, after theirlaborious day's work,
(naib making, japanning, screw-making.) lying
down to sleep with this simple appeal, seemed
rio ine inexpressibly affecting Report of tiie
Commissioners on the employment of children
ETiaence of H. H. Home, Town of Wolvcr-hamp&a5-,
T.
-IPale, straggling bl ossoms of mankind,
entonlft to endure. - -,- .-.
White, helpless slaves, "whom Christians bind,
Sad Children of the Poor!
Ye walk in rage, ye breathe in dust,
With souls too dead to ask
For aught beyond a scanty crust.
And Labor's grinding task.
Ye ne'er have beard the code of Love.
Of Hope'sternal light. - -
Ye are not led to look above
" Thedouds of earthly night:
And yet: "mid ignorance and toil.
Your lips, that ne'er bad kuown
The " milk and honey" of the soil,
Sleep not before they own
Our Father 1"
Unheeded workers in tbe marts
Of England's boasted wealth,
Ye, who may carry ulcered hearts,
If hands but keep their health ;
Ye, whose young eyes have never -watched
June's roses come and go,
Whose hard-worn fingers ne'er have snatched
- Tbe Spring Sowers as they blow ;
Who slave beneath the summer sun,
With dull and torpid brain ;
Ye, who lie down when work is done,
To rise and work again :
O, even ye, poor joyless things.
Itest not before you pray,
Striving to mount on fettered wings,
To Him who hears you say,
" Our Father!"
Proud, easy tenants of tbe Earth,
Ye, who have fairer lots,
Who live with plenty, lore, and mirth,
Oa fortune'H golden spots :
Ye who but eat. laugh, drink, and deep,
Who walk mid Eden's bloom,
Who know not -what it is to weep
O'er Poverty's cold tomb,
O, tarn one moment from your way.
And learn what" these can teach ;
Deign in your rosy path to ctay.
And hear the ' untaught ' preach.
Then, to your homes, so bright and fair,
And think it good to pray,
Snce the sad Children of Despair
Can kneel in thanks, and say
-OurOfather!"
MINES -OF WALES.
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Some of the mines are truly grand under-
i . 'fit. l. .! l,, I .:,, .1... ! -,-..- 1
lakins. The Consolidate! mine, the largest
ol the Cociiieh group, employs upwards of3,-
000 persons. One of its engines pumpe wa
ter from a direct depth r.i J.bUU ieet, we
weight of the pumping apparatus alone be. tig
o i o , .-
upwards of 500 tons; the pumping-rod is
1,740 feet long, and it raises about 2,000,000
gallons of water ia a week, from a depth live
times the height of St. Paul's. riiee are
indeed, wonders lo marvel at ! The Cons li-
lated and United mines, both bfiloiisriua: to
one company, are stated lo have usad tb tl- '
lowing vaaj quantities of materials in a year;
Coals, 15,270 tbn ; candles, 132,154 lbs.;
guapowder, 82 0U0 lb.; leather, t.r strap?,
&.C.. 13.493 lbs.: nick and shovel handles.
16,098 dozen. Sir Charles Lemon has esti
mated thai in the whole of the Cornish mines
,13,000 wortn of gunpowder is used annual-
ly tbat the timber employed in the up jtr-
gro'iiid Wjork' equals lo the growth r 14(1
aauAvi mriie of Norwegian forests : and fY -X
37.0005u0 tons of water axe ruued aauz&.A
bem thminee.
WW ! mwm & W m , , t, i. , .,.. ... i i "r,"'-risg -L'-ii'-iiii se zps
Thr American Sieameib. The British steam
ers (Cunard's) carrying the mail between Li
erpool and" America, are paid 145.000 for ms
king foi ty-four voyages in the year, which i
equivalent to 33uU per voyage. The Unite
States steamers (Collins) plying between-Live;
pool and New ork. receive $383,000 per ai
num for performing twenty voyages in th
vear, say at the rate of 4000 'per voyage -The
American steamers from New Wk, vi
Southampton, to Bremen, a second (subsidise:
line, get 3300 per voyage, or as mm-h as th.
oldest established, moc. efficient Hriti?h com
pany whose vessels have performed the sen ice
in a creditable manner, for a series of years.
London Mci.ung Chtmulc.
Morocco. The Gibralter Chronicle of the
17th ult., contains 'lie following intelligence
fiora the coast of Morocco: We have been
favored with the sight of a Magador letter ol
th 2nth uli- To the drought utth which that
unfortunate city and neighboring country
have been afflicted !hee last two years, was
superadded excessive cokl, which. togeiher
with hunger, have earned off considerable
numbers of the poorer clas, the deaths gene-
--' r '
rally amounting to twenty U day. ana tiamg
occasional! exceeded fifty. The place, hu w-
- , ...rr shun.
dant, but the poor bad no money to buy them;
and, as neither the Government nor me weal-
thy part oi tin' Moorish community came to
their aiatunc-, they were reduced to such
extremities, th.it the correspondent actually
saw two famMied iloois slaving with dogs
and ravens in the fields the lemiiants ol an
hss which had been dead full three days. The
letter further confirms the account we have
given of the late stormy weather in that pari
of the coast of Barbary. It raged tor eight
days together. and the roults had been disas-
trous. There were thirty large testis in
ibe bay, which is very small, and- a French
one of 460 tons having broke from her moor-
ing, and successively .Jruck against five oth-
ers, a general collision ol the whole s-hipping
eiis-ued. Serious damage was sustained by
every one of them, nnd nearly e.W the cargoes
were thrown overboaid. One Portuguese
brig was driven athoie, two Bntitdi ones went
to tbe bottom in the bay, one trench brig
also ran ashore aud was broken to pieces ;
tbat which had hist parted initn ner caiiles
and four more weie driven to sea by the
waveband to the day of the date, nothing was
known about them ; and though the rest re-
mained in the bay, they, with few exceptions,
were rendered unset viceable. All this hap-
pened within, six hours."
Earl Gray, the British Colonial Minister,
proposes to co-operate with the colonies, (if
the assent of the United States Government
can be obtained) in such measures as may
seem best calculated to induce colored labor
ers to emigrate to the Kntish est Indies,
w.iii a view tp supply the urgent want of a
!mJ.im iono- felt there. He recommends that
.the privileges of naturalization be extended to
I . .....I at... t,i....t,r tii wrwantaA thnm
on specified conditions. It is proposed, first,
to nrenare viUases of from 100 to 150 coSta-
I pes. with a school, chaoel, etc, attached, and
1 then, by mean-: of agents, to collect parties of
emigrants to the United states, selected irom
the agricultural classes, who will be convey
ed to their place of destination at the expense
j of tbe culouies. This oiaiter is made the
.-,ubieiii of a voluminous correspondence be-
j tween I3.wi Grav and the Governor of Anti
gua, ufcichM published ia the Jamaica Ju:-
uai. The subject was likely to come tip be-
foie the Jamaica LgiUlure, which was on
the eve of assembiiug ai last accounts. GVfcv?-
cent, March 13.
FLAX COTTON.
Tbe English papers announce the discovery
of a mode of preparing flax for the manufac-
turer, bj irhuih the slow and wasteful process
of steeping or rotting is entirely superceded.
In connection with this discovery, another of
utill trrontpr imnortanee has been made, which
is thus described by the London Morning Chron-
tce: -Mr. Llausieu uaa succeeaea in manu-
facturing the unsteeped flax into various de-
scriptions of material, which posnesesrespec-
tirely all the warmth of wool, the softness of
cotton, and the glossiness of silk and which
so closely resemble these several fabrics, both
to the eye and the touch, that we should neither
credit the fact ourselves nor task the faith ol
our readers by the assertion, had we not be.
fore us tbe actual samples of the results pro-
duced, exhibiting in one and the same bundle
of fibres, the raw flag at one end and the quasi.
Uk or cottpn at the other." The same ptiper
further remarks -that the process employed,
like that used in the preliminary preparation of
the raw matrial, is exceedingly simple and in-
expensive. The cost of converting the un-
steeped flax into cotton, amounts, we understand
to no more than seven sixteenths of a penny
per lb."
The difference between the price of flax when
thus prepared, and that of raw cotton, is esti-
mated as -from cne-thrid to one-half in favor of
the former," Another remarkable fact con-
nected with these discoveries is that "the same
invention which dispenses with the operation of
steeping, renders the flax suitable for a process
which adapts it to tbe cotton mill.'' It is sta-
ted that the 'flax cotton" has been tried at
Mun-eheter, and the paper before named, thus
speaks of the result:
"The cotton spindles look as kindly to tho
mew material as if it and they had been ex-
pressly made for each other. With a very
slight alternation in the machinery which however-
will not be required hereafter it did its
work perfectly: and oa Saturday night we
were ehowa the fruits of the invention, in tho
shape of a quantity ot rovmgs ana yarns ot un-
lmneachiole quality Jina color, in a state ot per-
f t readineM for the further processss of weav-
. . .....
ing and manufacture."
Fatat. Mishsk op FrRE-A.nsrs. Miir?f
O Counell (son, we presume, of the late
Daniel O'Cotini'li.) while diniup with foinu
friend'? at a hotel near Cork, took up a pair
o pistol ilt&lhad been lying' uuued lor seven
)ii.:i lis. and ptauiug one in the haud-i oi a
i.-i.Mi.l. Mr. Twis. leservfd tho other for
iiinetliin aider lo show howaduel wasfought.
I'he twu parties took tlipir portion, and pulled
rWers. Utihuntiilv. O'CoimeU'i nito! wa
loaded, and Mr.Twiss fell with a wound which
is pronounced mortaj. it is sui prising that
such accidents happen, after all the warnings
of experience.
Washington's Birih-day in tie1' York.
A di-pa.eh Irom New Y'irk, dated on ihe ev n-
ug of .it- 221 ii. t -a:
l,iiu-.,.,.!Vi.r.!irv rVnhii.7lnn'shirlll V(lH
-- ...j-. 0 - -
j celebrated to-day m a becoming aud ciegaut
Published Weekly
HOUSTON, EELDAY,
manner. Business has been almost entirely
suspended. fhe stores all closed and the
day given to pitnotic purposes. At early
noon sal iter, .vre fired and the bells of the
I various churches iting. Flags were suspend
ed irom ail the p.tidic buildings. The inili
tary turned out in full stp ugth, and every
thing presented a m-st animated and patnutu-
appearance. The city, at 7 o'clo 'i. r. Ji
was illuminated. presenMng a beautiful .md
Imposing Sjiectjcle. Tl.nu- ula are now nut
viewing the scene. Senator Fnote is a
present delivering the oration in Tripler Hall,
which ii crowded tooveifiowing."
The following is an extract from a letter
received by the Savannah Republican from
Key West:
"We were highly entertained last evening
with a ieclure Irom Professor Ajrassiz. He
took for his subject tbe. Florida Reef and its
builder, the coral insect, lie set out with
statuig his opinion that tbe peninsula of Flor-
ida was made by this lnle woikman, and then
with lilustraliou on '.he biack board, described
its physiology. There are he say, different
races of coral, some of which lay ihe founda-
tion of the reef in deep weter. ouild up to a
ceiMiu height, and die. These are suc-
ceeded by another i ace, who builu up another
step, and aie followed L) uthei n-.ces, until
the edifice reaches to neai t.e siulace ofthe
water, when the little mason a functus officio,
and leaves bis labois to be crowned by other
agencies ol ualuie. When tins work is done,
deposits from the ?eu are made upon the rock,
which finally extended above the surface of
water; and become terra Jirma. He fhink-
that the peninsula is but an extension of icei
after reel, the first being the construction of
the coral insect, then becoming i eel's or isl-
ands, and the intervals betweco these being
lille.S uj in time by debris Uutxs ine sea, all
lotrelher f fni -hii mam land.jMf tin iheui
tie true, we may conclude inat tne wrecking
business will last so lougus iiibt coral exhists.
Lighthouses and beacons mayjft'.arn the mar-
inei from some ofthe da tigers' that lie in his
path, but he has a little foe who is continually
piling up stumbleiug blocks ibis way, and
laying snares in the track wJfere he thinks
in these secuiily. The Professor will make a
report, ' we understand, to the Chief of the
Coast Survey, which will interest you as much
as did nis lecture oi last evening nis iiiieiu-
gent audience."
WATER DRINKING.
The quontity ot fluid -it may be proper to
take will depend on cue nil m: es. A man
who is strong, and fully employed will re-
quire from three to tour pints of diink a day,
in dry weather. In general, even less thau
this is desirable in a climate like ours. Every
drop of water more than enough for digestion
increases the demand upon -the vilal energy
and facilitates waste of the boy. Hence, if
a man takes a large quantity-of water with a
small quantity of food, he will become thin
more rapidly than with the same quantity of
food, and a proportionate supply of water, an
excess of water in fact facilitating the action
of tbe air upon I lie substance of the body, air
so far in its effects resembling abstinence, and
leading directly to unpovenshment of bluo.l,
as we see in the crisis oi the waier treat-
ment. A drought of cold water will sometimes
stop d:gesiion, aiidsomeliiTies expediate it,
accoidiug to the Male of the stomacii at the
time. The stimu.u of cold will excite, the
secretion of gastric juice, if the nervous sys-
tem be not exhausted, and actual thirst may
always be met by a moderate d: aught of
w-ilei al a temperate degiee. As, howevf,
digestion is effected by the action of a so'vent.
to dilute this solvent is, of course, so far to
diminish its direct action, and therefoie, a
rule, no more fluid should be taken with a
meal than will suffice to facilitate, proper
mastication. Those who indulge largely in
warm drinks, ej-pi'ciallv strong tea and coffee
are peculiarly liable to disorders of the stom-
ach, and to all tho-e anomalous nervous dis
tresses and excitements which arises from
impure blood; but a mi.darate u-e ot those
fluids, when not too strong, or , warm, i
cerluinly in most cases lavorableto the health,
but of Qe es.pc",alIy whno employment is
sedentary or not very laborous, and who,
therefore, do not require a full animal diet,
HOPEFUL INDICATION.
One ofthe most brilliant signs ot the limes
is seeu in the zeal on the subject of education
thai prevades tho whole country. Almo-,1
every Governer warmly commends the Com-
mon school system to the earnest regard ol
the. people. Tho north. th o .1, 'no v-t
and the .west, at nil points l 'In- eo':pa
point ..I he r.ipaS
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on this suiiet. Vat I
. ' I
11 c:nnttiiplai "i e -.v 1
I
iheie 1 life and energy
linpr ivomo'its vuro in
. en, iiin me nexi ien yeai.. win g.u us
a.uf st a liow Mat" o." M.nely.
Free schools, and free libraries in every
district good teachers and ail 'he faculties ol
iii-iiuclion ai-i culled lor by 'he Iriend of hu
matii'y. Ohio is beginning to move torsuhool
libi anes. and we -ay go a head. On the edu-
cation ofthe people depends everything groat
and giMi.-Cincinnati Nonpareil,
A VALUABLE SALVE.
Our "better half" hands us the following,
and cognizant as we aie of the facts therein
slated, we feel it our duty to give it a con-
spicuous place in our journal:
To the Editor of the American Farmer;
A visit to a triend 111 the neighb.whood ol
this city during the past summer made me ac-
quainted with ihe vnlues ofthe Uk ofthe.
Elder tree, which I leel ..bilged to make
public through the medium of your journal.
Tho lady with whom I sojourned, informed
me of a boy whoso fool had beon cut and .ias
in almost a putrid state when she examined it,
none ofthe usual appliances being lound of
any service She asked pei mission to apply
a salvo which she had, and loave being grant-
ed, in a very short period a complete cure
was effected. Shortly after, I was paying a
visit to soino friends in Washington county of
this state, whore I heard of an old negro man
who was sutlering the rmxt intense agony
fr.m -i soro loot, which uad nome so offen-
sive that it v4-inip .-i:n Inruuv one to re
m ti in the 10..111 with him. He was gi.i 1
trp fur nealh, as uicuiubie, exct pt by ampu
uuioiu I raentioucu this salve to the owner
MARCH 28, 1851.
ofthe old man, and on my Mum forwarded a
b.x of ii, which was used upon the loot, anc
I was gratified to learn had effected ti com-
plete cure and a venerable fiiend in the
sumo neighborhood who had his hand rut
whilst killing pmk. having sent for the
leceipe, jn oider to make the salve. I applied
to the lady who bad -uplied me, for a copy,
which, as ii is simple. and convenient to every
farinei l herewith hand you, hoping th-il
-verv lufi at the head ol a family will pre-
paiesene of it so as to be u-ady for ine in
her own fimiiy and i.eighburhood. Much
suffering may be obviated by its u-e, I have
no doubt; and as there is enough of misery in
the world, it is our duly to use every means
in our power for ihe alleviation ot it
in our species. Fee'ing conscious that much
good can be effected by the means here in
dicated, I hope everv lady in wboe home-
Mead the American Farnur may have an a-
biding place, wi.l make a tnai of ibis salve
as opportunity may idler.
SINGULAR TRAP.
They have a singulur contrivance for catch-
ing wolves in Norway. It consists of a circle
of about six or eight feet in diameter in which
stakes are driven so close to each other that a
wolf cannot creep through, and which are high
enough to prevent his leaping over them: In
the midst of this circle a simple stake,is driven,
to which a lamb or kid is bound. Around this
circle a second ia formed, of which the stakes
are as close and as high as the inner one. and at
a distance not greater than will permit a wolf
to pass conveniently, but not to allow of his
turning round. In the outer circle a door is
formed in wardand rests against the inner circle
but moves easily on its hinges, and fastens
itself on shutting. Through this door the
wolves enter, sometimes in such a number as
to fill the enclosure. The first wolf paces the
circle in order to discover some opening through
which he can set at the lamb. When he comes
to the back of the door. 'which is in his way, he j
pushes it with his muzzle, it closes ami
fastens as he passes by. and he goes the round
for tbe second time: without being able either
to. enter the inner circle, or to retreat from the
outor. At length he perceives that -he is a
prisoner, and his h'deous howling announces to
those who constructed the trap, that he is taken,
who immediately come and dispatch him. It is
said that this sort of a trap is used for foxes,
and even occasionally for mice Ex. paper.
Major Cass at Rome Release of Political
Prisoners. The correspondent ofthe New York
Herald, writing under date 'of the Gth ult-,
saya : v
In the Roman dungeons of D'Anzo and St.
Angelo are confined thirteen prisoners, whose
inexpiable crime consists in having participated
in the lato revolutionary struggle which had
for its object to secure to the muabitants of the
Pontiffs dominions the imestimable rights of
representation, together with other cunstitu-
tiomil reforms. They are not of the class of
fanatics or facticious demagogues who have de-
filed our noble cause not less in Italy than in
France, but men in high character and lofty
principles, who in the good fight for the benefit
of their children and their children's children
of those who are to come after them hazarded,
all. and lost all Among them are five counts
and one marquis, of ancient blood whose lineal
descent goes back, without break or interrup-
tion to the middle ages ' They have been de-
clared forever incapable of holding property, of
whatsoever discription.
For seven long months they have languished
iu loathsome dungeons. There they lie, herd-
ing with the bandits, and felons, and brigands :
and day after day the prospect of their liberation,
so far from becoming brighter, grows only dark-
er and more hopeless ihere they lie, those
noble gentlemen, weary of life, and sick of this
most base world, with no spot, or stain, or blem-
ish on their reputation save the sin of having
struck for liberty. The Government will not
release-thcm. for the dissemination of republi-
can sentiments is fatal to us very existence.--Neither
can it exile them, for no country in
Europe will harbor such propagandists. Now
what has been done for them ' vVhy. Mr. Cass
your Minister, has proposed to the papal au-
thorities to send them to California, himself en-
gaged to pay 3,000 for their expenses in a
French ship, which will leave Bordeaux for
that destination in the month of February.--The
Cardinals have accepted this proposal,
agreeing to liberate these gentlemen nine days
prior to the departure of tiie vessels in question,
which affords them just sufficient time to reach
that seaport Honor to yourj.Minister and to tbe
a-lniMmiR land from which he comes. His con
duct has elicited deep admiration ; and well it
may. f
A LITTLE FABLE.
The sword of the warrior waa taken down to
brighten; it had not been long out of use.
Tho rust was rubbed off. but there were spots
that would not go -they were of blood. It was
on the table, nenr tho pen of the secretary
The pen- took advantage of the first breath of
air to move a little further off. -Thou art right,"
said the sword, "I am a bad neighbor."
I
fear thee not." replied the pen ; "I am more
poweriu! -..tan thou art, but 1 love nut thy so-
cio. y ' i exterminate, said the sword.
And p ip-iuu unawereu toe pcu ,
aro thy victories it 1 record them not
, J , .. , , ,, , ,
where thou tliVsch shall one day be-
, . .. 1. ..- . .
Laie o 'biivton '
Ana p 1 p -tuate answered cue pen ; "wnere
Hiven
jn the
Laie o' Ahivmn
silver mining l aiexico.
During the year of 1850, according to Mexi
can authoruua, there were extracted t'rum the
mines in all Mexico, liver to the value of $30,-
OU'J.UdU, which is a pretty considerable amount;
and trom tnisit may be interred, that could the
country enjoy uudisturded tranquility, and all
its industrial operations and enterprises be ade-
quately protected and encouraged, this amount
might be and would be greatly increased- And
if the mines of quicssiher discovered recently
in Cablornia should turn out. to be as rich as
ttiey are suppused to be, too consequence will
be a great reduction in the price of that miner-
al, it will mil probably to two-thirds or to
one half of the present price ; and should that
take place, then silver ores that aro nosy too
poor to yield a remunerating amount of that
metal will become valuable, and this new source
of metallic wealth will add pel baps bLOUO.UUO
to the aggregato amount of tiie silver raised . so
that the whole will not fall anything short, it
may be, of 40,000,OUU per annum, tho tranquil-
ity of tho country being presupposed.
Should Mexico yield 4O.U'JU,U0O per annum,
tho annual quantity raised on this continent
might be assured at GO.U0O,U00. But this pro-
duct, large as it is, will not be soffieient to
maintain the equilibrium between gold and sil-
ver as now established, should California con
tjnue to furnish the enormous quantities of the
first as she has done ior the las two years :
and that she will, and more, many believe, and
believe, too, that the supply will be permanent,
that ia. that it will last for an, indetinito num-
ber of vi-ars, and certainly for a great many.
if this'besn, then silver must rue in v.ilm. or
gql 1 must mil. whioh. for all practical purposes
is inimitrri'il And wlni tnii disturbance
rets to be iuu mvenicm m 1 embanus.in, th.-n
the wise nwa Wtw make und unmako the bwa
VOL. XVI.
must set themselves to work and conjure out
a remedy for the evil when it comes. Somo
think it is now on us ; others think not. Wo
are in doubt ourselves as to whether it is or
not.
LATER FROM BERMUDA AND ST. THOM-
AS. By the arrival yesterday, says the New York
Herald ofthe Ufh"instant.of the British steam-
er Merlin, Captain Sampson, from St Thomas
and Bermuda, we have received Bermuda pa-
pers to the 26th uk.
Great uneasiness had prevailed in Bermuda,
owing to the want of water, produced by the un-
usual mild weather: but the fears of the island-
ers were somewhat allayed, two days before the
departure of tho steamer, by some welcome
showers.
The census returns of Bermuda have just been
made out. and show an increaso in the popula-
tion of 1155 in eight years.
By papers received at Bermuda, from Anti-
gua, it appears tbat at the capital, St. John, tbe
Bishop. Archdeacon, and the Rector of the Par-
ish, have been preaching Puseyite doctrines,
and using the religious formula of the Romish
Church, which gave great dissatisfaction to the
laity, and ultimately caused the vestry to re-
duce the salary of the Rector from 350 to
128. the lowest amount that could be allowed
in the Island. They also stopped the playing
of the organ, and dismissed the organist, and
were about to address the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, requesting him to put a stop to such
a state of things.
We received no news from St. Thomas-
THE ANGLO-SAXON AND THE SPANIARD.
From Blackwood.
It is a striking proof how much the fortunes
of men are in theirown hands, and how vain
are the choicest gifts of nature if not seconded
by the vigour and industry of those for whom
they are intended, that the rich auriferous vein?,
the discovery of which has been attended with
such imp rtant effects, and is destined to avert
so many evils arising from the absurd legislation
or selfish desires of men in recent times, had
been for three hundred years in the possession
ofthe Spaniards, but they had never found
them out! The gold was there under their
feet, in such quantities that its excavation, as
will immediately appear, adequate to double
the annual supyly ofthe precious metals for the
use of man over the whole world; but they
never took the trouble to turn it up' It -was
so near the surface, and so accessible, being
mixed widi the alluvial sand and gravel of the
country that it was first discovered in the cut-
ting a common mill-course through a garden
and has since been obtained almost entirely by
common labourers digging holes not deeper than
ordinary graves through the level surface of
the alluvial deposit of the mountains. They
had never attempted agricultural operations,
nor thought of an improvement which would
have led to its detection. The Spaniards, its all
the world knows, and as their history in every
ate has demonstrated, were passionately de-
sirous of gold; and from the days of Columbus
they had been familiar with a tradition or re-
port among tbe native Indians, that there exist-
ed beyond the mountains in the far west a
country in which the gold was as plentiful as
the sand on the seashore, and was to be had
simply for the trouble of taking it. It was all
true, it was there, mixed in large quantities
with the alluvial deposit ofthe mountains; yet
during three hundred years that they held tho
country, they never found it out! A single
ditch in any part of the flat region which is
about three hundred miles long and forty or
fifty broad, would have revealed the treasure,
but they never took the trouble to cut it. Be-
fore the Anglo-Saxons had been there the
months, they had discovered the riches lying
below their feet. Such is the difference of
races' It is easy to see to which is destined
the sceptre ofthe globe.
i
COMMODORE JONES' DEFENCE.
Commodore Jones has published a long com-
munication in the Washington Union, in which
he insists upon his innocence of all selfi-sh mo-
tives in using the Government funds in Califor-
nia, and declares that he did "so merely for the
purpose of accommodating the inhabitants, who
were greatly embarrassed for want of a circula-
ting medium- He exchanged the Government's
coin for "old dust, not on account of the profit
which the transaction afforded, but for the pleas-
ure which it gave him to further the business
conveniece of tho inhabitants. He complains
that the sentence was published without afford-
ing him time for an appeal to the Chief Magis-
trate. TRANSFUSSION OF BLOOD.
An interesting case is reported in the Courier
des Etas Unis, as having occurred in one ofthe
Paris Hospitals ; The patient was a woman,
and after her accouohment a profuse and ex-
hausting hemorrhage followed. Her pulse had
ceased to beat for several minutes, and nothing
more than a sljght undulatory shuddering could
be perceived from time to time. She was eviv
dently dying and as a last resort of his art,
the surgeon, M. Nealton determined to try
what effect transfusion would have whioh de-
termination he carried out. One of tho atten-
dants. xM. Dufour, voluntarily offered to lose
his blood in the cause of humanity, and the re-
quired quantity being taken from his aria, it
was injected by means of a syringe into a vein
in the bead ofthe patient, and passed immedi-
ately into the system The blood was injected at
about its natural temperature. The quantity
injected was from thirteen to fourteen ozs
There were two injections, the first of eight
ounces, and then, after a interval of five minute.-,,
five or- six ounces more. The woman re-
vived immediately and was doing well for a
week after the operation -when, she was car-
ried off by an inflammation of the bowels.
The transfusion was completely success-
ful. Tie Sicarazua Route A. New York paper
furnishes tUo. following intelligence in relation
to to the Nicaragua route. It is doubtless fur-
nished by Captain Vanderbilt. who arrived
from .Nicaragua on the steamer Prometheus.
The route nas been ohanged. we learn, much
to the advantage of the Company. As now
arranged under the surveys of Mr. Childs, the
ChiefEngineer of the Company, and formerly
Engineor of the State, the Atlantic starting
point will bo San Juan, and from thence to Lako
Nicaragua, a distance of 84 miles. Thero will
be but 12 miles of Canal and two or three Locks
and Danusin the River San Juan,
The Lake is navigablo to the River Lagas, on
the western shore, and from thence to the
Pacific the distance is but 12 miles and thirty
chains, where there are two beautiful harbors
and a sufficient size and depth of water to 'ride
a largo number of first class ships. The Pacific
port seleotod, has been San Juan del Suudior
the San Juan of the South.) as distinguished
from the Atlantio port known as an Juan,
The Lakes and River arc navigable at all seasons
ofthe yar and transit route elected makes the
distance from ocean to ocean only 130 miles.
n lier interruption than the canal of 12
The new. routoj.aves 150 miles of distance,.
as
or 5 at the end ol the year
NO. 13.-WHOLK NO. 795
and reduces tho contemplated Canal by tbe way
of Realejo 40 miles. This summit elevation. Is
not over 40 feet, or three times less fban on the
line first proposed. The saving of expense ' of
coarse will be in proportion, and the route ' is
deemed much more practical than the one first
surveyed. The ''Director' is now running oa
the Lake Nicaragua, where she is doing a most
profitable business, her receipt during the
month of January being not less than 8000 a
week, or $32,000 during the month. Her com-
munication is between Grenada and the Rapids
of Castillo Yiejo. a distance 130 miles. The
Director is commanded by Captain Leighton,
and was the first vessel taken over the Rapids.
L. White, Esq.. of this city, acted most efficiently :
and skillfully in the work of pioneering this
vessel into the Lakes. , - "2
Captain Vanderbilt, who returned in thajro-
metheus, has examined the harbors on "both,
oceans and completed his plans for opening" the
line of communication for the transit of -pas
sengers and freight. He reports his plansas
nearly completed, and declares that in forty
days, three iron boats will be running- in con-
nection with the Director. Two of? these, tho
Wilmington and Delaware, are already built,
and the other nearly completed. This will
make n new and important communication,
between the two oceans, and greatly increase I
the business between not only California and
New York, but ultimately between the two
worlds.
. .-"is::
Fivoji Havti. Letters received at Boston,
on the Glli from Cape Baytien, datedFl5th
February, state that Commodore Paikerof
the Sarnac, had made a formal demand, upon
ihe Emperor for redress in the multer-qfthe
imprisonment of Capt. Mayo, of the .brig
Leander. The Saranc sailed 12th Februa-
ry for Porto Rico and St. Thomas, for coal,
and thence returned to Port au Prince lo
obtain the answer of the Emperor. The
same letter states "that the steamer Water-
Which has been placed at the disposal of .Mr.
Walsh, the U. S. special agent, who is charg-
ed with the pacification of ihe two ends of ihe
Island.
Supposnn News ok Srauoiirf Fraxklix.
An extra, published by a Ceylon paper,' the) . r.
Colombo Observer, contains, under date Sig',3s
napore, January Gth, the following': ' '
"News from the utmost ends of the earth-. ' -are
aiways acceptable, more especially .when,
the subject-matter is the relief of the .dis-
tressed, who have risked and it may ba feared
iost their lives in search after knowledge.
I have it in my power this month to' give
you later information of tha search which is
being prosecuted fur tho recovery of Sir Johu
Franklin and his party, than even the Admi-
ralty itself is yet possessed of. Her Majesty's
surviving ship Herald arrived here fronr .the
Artie reg'ons, via the Sandwich Islands and
Hong Kong, during the last week, and sho
has the latest accounts 'from ibe far North.
Near the extreme station of the Russian fur
company, they learned from the natives that
a party of while men had been elicabiped
three hundred or four hundred miles inland,
that the Russsians had made an attemptilo x- -4
Mipply them with provisions and necesSariesT 'VW
hut that the natives, who are at enmity with
he Rusians, had frustrated ail attempts. No
communication could be opened with the spot
where they were said to be, as a hostile, tribe
intervened. From tho Esquimaux they had
this vague story very satisfactorily confirmed,
with the addition that the whites and natives
having quareled, the former had been mur-
dered. As to the possibility of those unfor-
tunates being Sir John Franklin's party, I
leave you and your readers who have paid
attention to tbe caso in all its bearings, to
judge. Whe Ihes this men spoke of were or
were not Sir John's company, like hopos can
now be entertained of finding them alive, as
their provisions must have been expended one
year, and their fuel, which is as necessary,
must have all been burned out nearly two
years since." Chronicle.
Spawsh Debt. Tho Spanish Government
have made an offer to arrange the foreign "debt
ofthe country, Ly giving a stock that shall pay
interest", at 1 percent, for the first four years,
and then rise gradually, through a period of
fifteen years, up to '6 per cent. The principal
of the debt ia not less than GO,00O,G00 sterling,
and it is principally held in England. The .
yalte of tho stock under this scheme would, be
about 29. Tbe probability is, t&at it will be
accepted with slight modifications. t I ;
WORKINGMEN SHOULD STUDY. ,
I retpectfully counsel those whom I address
(the workingmen of America.) 1 counsels-you
to labor for a clear understanding of the sub-
jects which agitate the communityto rnako
them your study instead of wasting your leisure
in vangue, passionate talk about them, Tho
time thrown away by the mass of people on tho
rumors of the day, might, if better spent,, gite-
them a good acquaintance with the constitution,
laws, historv- and interest of their country,
j and thus establish them on those great prin
ciples oywincn particular measures are h 00
determined. In proportion as. the people thus
improver themselves, they will cease to be tho
tools of designing politicians. Their intelligence,
not their passions and jealousies, will bo address-
ed by those who seek their votes They will exer-
cise not a nominal, but a real influence in. the
government and destinies of the country, and.at
the- same time will forward their own growth
and virtue. Dr. Chunning.
A LUNATIC INDEED, ,"
Not long since, as I was returning from
Buffalo, 1 was amused, whihy the cars-made
a momentary stop, at a demonstration made
by a orazy man, on- his wav ta tbe state, Lunatic-
Asylum, at Lltica. lie was standing on
the track in front of the iron, horse : "You.
think you are something !" he said1, looking
wildly at the locomotive, and assuming a box-
ing attitude ; "but look o-' here! I can- whip
you ! I've flogged the fiery bulls of Bashan,
and broken their horns off. Say ' don't stand
there, whistling and smoking, like a black'r
guard in a barroom ; jest jump to me, and.Illl
take the conceit out of you, you d. & old
cooking stove on wheels !" .1
In one of the Pravinoes- of China, an-edict
against Christianity has been issued by the
i reieut. n pruuuuuuee isanauuuiiy ty ucii
legal, mcreuiuie ana aosura.
nt
is
Tbe industrious bee, by her assiduity in
summer, lives on honey all the winter. -
Ex-Governor Comegys, of Delaware, expired?
at Dover, in that, State an the 2Jtb nit.
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