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A. 0. MURRAY,
VOLUME X.
THE AMERICAN UNION,
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The Winds of March are Hamming.
BY FITZ GREENE UALLKCK.
The wiiid* of March Are liuil tiling
Their parting .song, their purling song,
Ami summer skies urc coming,
Ami days grow long, and day* grow long.
1 watch, but not in gladness,
Our garden tree, our garden tree ;
It buds m sober sadness, .
Too soou for me, too soon for uie.
My second winter’s over,
Alas ! ttud I—alas ! and 1
Have no accepted lover ;
Don’t ask uie why, don’t ask uie why.
’Tis not asleep or idle
That love has been, that love has been,
l*or many a happy bridal
The year has seen, the year lias seen ;
I’ve done a bridesmaid s duty,
* At three or lour, at three or four ;
My best bouquet had beauty,
us donor uinre, iis donor more.
My second winter’s over,
Alas ! and i—alas ! and i
Have no accepted lover ;
Don't usk me why, don’t ask me why.
His dowcis my bosom shaded,
One sunny day, one sunny day ;
Tue uext they tied aud laded.
do a a aud bouquet, beau and bouquet,
in vatu at ball and parties,
I’ve thrown my net, i’ve thrown my net ;
This waltzing, w itching heart is
Unehosen yet, unchoseti yet.
My second winter’s over,
Alas 1 and I—alas ! and 1
Have iio accepted lover ; <
Don’t ask me why,don't ask me why.
They tell uie there’s no hurry
Tor ilymcuA riug, lor Hymen’s riug ;
Aud i’w too young to marry :
’Tis no such thing, ’us no such thing.
The next spring tides will dash on
My eighteenth year, my eighteenth year;
It puts uie in a passion.
Oh dear! oli dcar ! oh dear ! oh dear !
My second winter’s over, J
Alas.’ and I—alas ! a id 1 ‘]
Have no accepted lover ;
Don’t ask me why, don't ask me why.
Beautiful and Curious.
AN ACROSTIC.
We finil the following curious piece of poetry in a late
nuiakerof the Presbyterian Muguiine. The initial cu)>-
itui letters spell “My boast is in the glorious Crocs of
Christ,” and U>* words in italie, when read from tup to
bottom and from the bottom to lop, make the Lord's ,
Prayer:
Make known the Gospel truths, our father king ;
Yield us thy grace, dear father, from above ;
lileiu as with hearts, which feelingly can sing
Oar life thou art for ever God of love,
Assuage our griefs la love fur Christ, we pray,
tSinoe the bright prince of heaven and glory died !
Took all our shame, and hallotvtd the display,
in first fit-dag man and then being crucified.
Stupendous God! thy grace and power make known
In Jesus's name let aRMe world rejoice.
New labors in thy heavenly kingdom own.
That blessed kingdom, for thy saints Me choice!
How rile to rome to thee, * all oar cry,
Lnemies to thy self, and all that’s thine
Graceless our unit, our lives for vanity.
Loathing thy truths fifing evil in design.
O God, Uty will be done tom earth to heaven,
Reaching on the gospel let us live,
In eitrth from sins delivered and forgiven,
Oh as thyself, but teach us to forgive.
Unless its power temptation doth destroy,
Sure is our fall into the the depths of wo ;
Carnal in mind, we’ve surf a glimpse of joy.
Raised against heaven in t> no hope can flow,
O give us graoe and lead us on tby way :
Shine on nr with thy lore and give us peace ;
Self and this sin wbieh rise against us say ;
Oh! grant each day our tresspasses may cease,
Forgive our evil deeds that oft we do,
Convinoe us daily of them to our shame,
Help us with heavenly bread ; forgive us too
Jfeoorreot lusts, and ire adore tby name,
In thy forgiveness, we as saints can die,
JsiOM, for us and our trespasses so high,
Tby sou our Saviour bled on Calvary.
From tbs Vermont Republican.
■•dtetl System.
jmypxjr - 1 1 ‘ •
HOMEOPATHIC DRACHM.
Take a little Rum—
The less you take the better—
Mi* it with the Lakes
OfWonner and Wetter.
Sip a spoonful out —
Mind you ddu't get groggy—
Pour it fn the Lain
Wiunepiaeogea.
Sjir the mixture well.
Last it prove inferior,
Then put half a drop
late Lake Superior.
Ever* other day 1
Taka n drop M water;
You’ll be butter soon.
Or at least you oughter.
■ -‘Otyf i. rift, - -
Taka roomCtte**?’
(# JBhGA ™ta* ‘
Gaea hour
. ■
* Touch uo wine or gin,
Drink gallons of cold water ;
You’ll be better soon—
if you aint you oughter.
sensk-opathy.
Take the open air.
The more you take the better —
Follow Nature’s laws
To the very letter.
Let the doctors go
To the Bay ot Biscay,
Let aloue the gin,
The brandy and the whiskey.
Freely exercise—
Keep your spirit cheerful;
Let no dread of sickness
Ever make you fearful.
Eat the simple food,
Drink the pure cold water,
Then you will be well—
Or at least you o tighter.
Conundrums.
What tunc is that which ladies never call for 1 Why
the spit toon.
Why is a kiss like a rumor 1 Because it g* es from
mouth to mouth.
When is a lady’s neck not a nock 1 When its a little
bare, (bear ?)
When is a bedstead not a bedstead ? When it becomes
a little bug-gv.
When is music like vegetables'? When there is two
beats to the measure.
When is a horse not a horse ? When he is turned in
to a field.
Why is a ‘durkieV head like the moon L Because it
is supposed to be inhabited.
Why are soldiers like clocks 1 Because their first du
ty is to “mark time.”
W’iiut maid are you always sure of seeing in a clothing
store 1 Beady-made.
Why is a leaudog like a man in meditation 1 Because .
he is a thin cur , f tiiinker.)
Why is a fashionable dressed lady oil the street like a i
vagrant 1 Because she has no visible means of support. ,
Why is a four-quart jug like a lady’s side saddle ? Be- \
cause it holds a gal-on, (gullcn )
Why is a poor horse greater than Napoleon 1 Because i
in him are many bony-pni ts.
Why was the elephant the last animal going into No- 1
ah’s ark 1 Bccansc he waited for his trunk.
>uppoie a scolding wife should be in the act of drown- I
ing. what single letter in the alphabet would express the !
husband's feeling ? Letter B, {let hit be--!)
What is it ti nt {.ch g wbin u vwtgt t giis.stops when a
wagon stops 1 it ain't no use to the wagon, ami yet the
wagon can tgo without it 1 Why, the noise, to be sure ;
THE SOLDIER’S VOW.
A TRI'E TALE.
One li'wntiful Indian summer day, in tlie au
tumn nf 1844, a stranger appeared iuJlte streets !
of Handler, N. 11., whose garb bespoke the ut- j
mas* poverty and destitution. As lie stagger- j
e>l a'niig, lie was surrounded by a crowd of vil- j
lage boys, who amused themselves by insulting j
him with coarse jests and personal indignities. I
lie bore their abuse with exemplary patience, i
aim begged them wait till be felt a little better,)
am! be would sing them a fine song. Ills voice j
was thick with unnatural excess, and lie was too j
rvveak to protect himself from the rude jostlings
of the ciowd, yet lie smiled on the tormentors j
and exhibited no ot her sense of his helpless and i
forlorn condition than a look of grief and shame,
which, despite his efforts ami smiles, would oc
casionally overspread his countenance. Late in
the afternoon, the writer, then a student, passed
him in company with a friend, when our atten
tion was arrested by a voice of unusual power
and beauty, singing the favorite national song
of France, “La Parisienne.” \s be proceeded,
a great number of students from the college
gathered round him, and at the conclusion an
involuntary expression of delight broke from the
mass. lie was enthusiastically encored, and af
terwards the Marseillaise called for. The same
rich, clear voice rang out that wild melody, in
the very words which are wont to arouse the
spirit of tlie French soldier to frenzy. The ad
miration of the poor inebriate’s auditory was
now raised to the highest pitch. Hespitehis tal
tered and filthy garments, his sijuallid beard,atid
brim less hat, now that tlie fume of liquor had
subsided, his foi in appeared symmetrical and
manly ; and his face glowing with sentiments of
the patriotic song, and flushed w ith the excite
ment at the unexpected praise ho was winning,
assumed an expression of intelligence and joy
that beautifully set off his really fine features.—
“What and who is this stranger ?” was the uni
versal inquiry.
“ His singing is incomparable, and his English
and French arc both faultless.”
“Yes,” said he, dropping his eyes, “I can give
you German, or Spanish, or Itaiiau, as well,
or Latin and Greek, either,” he added careless
ly.
In reply to the many questions that we e show
ered upon him, with the coin huso much ueed
ed, he at. length said, in a sad tone, and slowly
endeavoring to push his way through the crowd,
“Gentlemen, 1 am a poor vagabond,-entirely un
worthy your kind sympathy. L-ave me to my
rags and wretchedness, to go on my way.”
Our curiosity was too much excited to allow
this, and, amid loud cheers, we escorted him to
a room where he was furnished with water and
good clothes, and the barber’s art pnt in requisi
tion, and aftyr an incredibly short time, he reap
jiearod upon the college steps, smiling and bow
ing gracefully, a man of as tine features and no
ble bearing, as ever eyes beheld. The delight of
the crowd at this transformation was intense,
and repeated shouts rent the air, “Give us La
Parisienne,” echoed from ail sides, and as soon
assikmcecould be obtained again that clear, rich
voice, ottered those inspiring words—
... .j “Psupls Francaia, peuple de braves, .
I La Liberte rouvrt se bras.” J
Uffifa was then conducted to the spaciats cli.tM
W. an audienoa of.rm’e thous
and persons spell bound, for two toms, by one of
the wort interestinglfm||||Bgofritea that it was
ever our lot to hear. Bom in Paris, of weallhy
parents, be had to early life been thoroughly ed
ucated at the University of Wittemberg, and re
ceded the tomtom degree. He soon after join
ed the fortunes of Napoleon, and with the rank
of lieutenant, be was with*, him daring all hie
campaigns in Egypt, in Italy, in in Rus
sia, and at Waterloo. - *, W. > * • iXr
Hi account of atm*. tothm4hatttos,toi4hw
(tosonptioa <pbmaeand olflm mwe^rtoMdra
* 51714’ Ate'.’
“Prove all things; hold hit that which is good.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 185 ft.
nally closed with a touching account of hisown
career after tlie battle of Waterloo. In the ter
rible route that followed that memorable event,
his detachment was chased bv a body of Pi ussmn
hussars, and becoming scattered in the night, he
wandered for three days and nights in the woods
and by places without food or drink.
The chase being at length given over, the poor
Frenchman sank down weary and sick with his
wounds, and ready to die by the road side. A
humane Dutch girl discovcd him in this situa
tion, brought hitn refreshments and cordials,
and among the latter a flask of brandy. “Hero,”
said tlie old soldier, “was the beginning of my
woes. That angel of mercy, with the best of
motives, brought me in that flask, a deadly foe,
which was to prove more potent for evil to me
than all the burning toils of the Egyptian cam
paign, or the intolerable frosts and snows of the
Hussies—more fatal than the cannon of seventy
battles, which kindled in me a thirst more insati
able than that which forced me to open my veins
on the desert sands of the East. Till that day
I never tasted strong drink. I had uttered a vow
in my youth to abstain from it, and to that vow
I owed my life, for not one of all my comrades
who indulged in the use of if, survived the hor
ror of the Egyptian campaign.
Hilt as Ilav in anguish, longing for death,
and momentarily expecting its approach, a sweet
face appeared tome wearing an expression of
deep pity and sympathy for my sufferings, and
I could hut accept without inquiry whatever she
gave. She gently raised my head and wiped
with lur handkerchief the dampness off my brow,
and administered the cordial to my lips. It griev
ed me ; I looked around, my courage, my lore
of life returned. I poured forth my gratitude
in hurtling words, and called down the blessings
of Heaven. Ignorant of what it was that so sud
deulv inspired me, as soon as my spirits flagged
f called for more. 1 drank again and again ;
for three weeks her loved voice soothed me,
and her kind hand administered to my wants.
“As soon ns uiv strength was sufficiently re
covered, fearing llmt some enemy might slill lie !
linking m-ar, l liade !n-r adieu with iii inv lliimks
and tears, sought the sea side, and embarked as;
a eiiMimon sailor on the first vessel that offered,
and have followed the sea ever si nee. Mv lata!
thirst lias ever accompanied and cursed me, in
port and on deck this foe liaS debased me, and
kept me from all chance of promotion. Oil, how
often have I. in llie depth of my heart, wished 1
had died on the field of Waterloo, or breathed
out my life in the arms of my gentle preserver.
Six weeks ago, I was"wrecked on the packet ship I
Clyde, off the coast, of New Brunswick. I have
wandered on foot through Canada and New
Hampshire, singing for a few pennies, or begging
my bread, till I met your sympathy to-day. How
do those college halls, and this noble band of stu
dents recall to recollection the scenes of former
years.” „
The emotion of the stranger for a moment
overcame his voice, when he resumed the tears
still coursing each other down his cheeks. “I
know not why God should direct my steps hith
er ; but, gentlemen, this shall lie the beginning
of anew life in me. and here in His presence,
and in that of these witnesses, I swear as I hope
to meet you in Heaven, never to taste a drop of
alchohal in arttv form again.” Prolonged and
deafening cheers follow ed these words, and I no
ticed many a moist eye. A collection was im
mediately made, and more Ilian fifty dollars
were put into his hands. As he ascended the
coach to take his departure, he turned to the ex
cited multitude who surrounded him, and said :
“It i&.hut justice that you should know my name,
I am Lieutenant Lannes, a nephew of the great
Marshal! Lannes. May God bless vo all—fare
well!” As these youths thoughtfully returned
to their accustomed pursuits, not a few resolved
in their deepest souls that temperance and virtue
should ever mark their character, and that the
soldier’s vow should be theirs.
Duelling in the Church.
Among the Germans, the L>anes, and the
Franks, the clergy were compelled to maintain
their controversies, by the judicial duel; though
the liberty of appearing in the lists by champion
was allowed them. In the eleventh century, we
are informed that, in a dispute relative to two
Liturgies, two knights, clad in complete armor
were selected as critics to determine, in single
combat, the true from the false form of public
prater. By a statue of William the Conqueror,
the inferior orders of ecclesiastics in England
were forbidden an appeal to the duel, without
the consent of their bishop ; but questions con
serning the property of churches and monaste
ries were decided in that way ; and the priests
accompanied t heir champions, tobless their weap
ons on the field, in England, as elsewhere in Eu
rojie, for a long peritnl. lit the fourteenth cen
tury, we hear of one poem in which Pilate is rep
resented as challenging our Saviour to a duel;
and of another, in which the person who pierc
ed tle side of Christ on the cross is described as a
knight with whom he had jousted. Still later,
wahear of challenges given and accented by
officiating priests at the aTtaF ; of archbishops
clattering in armor; of gaunlets of defiance hung
up’ in churches ; and of men in holy opleis who
fought in quarrels which others refusedto es
pouse. Such, in general terms, was the condi
tion of the Cliurdi tor hundreds of years; a <1
as far down a* Shakspenr’s time, the dud ar-
the threat that he had a kinsman in the army
who wonld call him to an account; which inci
dent, as well as the notices of the duels actual
ity fought by Murat, AUaa, Cate, and others,
who were either students of theology, or ordain
ed xdergymk gjSda uu erideaee Uiat doelling
to the Church did 4toMv 8 ibeCoati-
who enjoyed the reputation of ‘fighting authors,’
who drew the sword on the reviewer that con
demned a piny, who offered to fight any of tins
audience that hissed, who began a work by chal
lenging the critics, and who were in perpetual
difficulty with somebody. The duels between
Scott and Christie, Jeffrey and Moore, Lamar
tine anil Pope, Blanc and Lacomlie, Angier and
Moneelet, and between the Huron Gourgaud and
the Count Segur. in onr own dsy, show that
the custom has not entirely passed away.
Among musicians, we have the affairs of Han
del with Matheson, and of Ole BuJI with a fel
low-artist. Painters seein to have been as prone
to quarrels as other men of nice sensibilities.—
The inimitable Hogarth had a host of enemies,but
he disposed of them all with his brush. Traduc
ed by Willes, in the North Briton . be painted
the demagogue’s portrait, and showed up with
terrible effect his personal and moral deformities;
embroiled with Pope, lie drew a picture of the
poet standing on a scaffold, employed as a w hite
washer, with Lord Burlington as a fellow-labor
er, and Lord Chandos besprinkled in passing by;
angry with Churchill, he appears on canvas in
the character of a bear ; and displeased with the
course of the statesmen Pitt and Temple, both
were scourged by his unrelenting and awful pen
cil.
DUELLING AMONG FEMALES.
For these sins of the sterner sex, the ladies
have much to answer.
As the Helen of Homer was the chief cause
of the Trogau war, and of consequence responsi
ble for the duds between its heroes, —ns the Ho
man maids and matrons went in throngs to wit
ness tiie fights of the gladiators,—as tlie women
of Greece were competitors for tlie prizes in the
Olympic games,—as tile Turkish belies crowded
upon the ramparts of Regal, to witness the c*>m
batsbetween Smith and theirown companions,—
as the wives and daughters of Denmark were
onee compelled by custom, personally to
avenge their wrongs, and fight, according to
prescribed rules, those of the other sex who at
tempted to assail their honor,—as the high-horn
dames and maids of all Europe, in the ages of
chivalry, instigated and honored tlie tom imuiellt
and the joust, —so have the women of France
aud England, and America, given countenance
to tlie modern duel.
In the time < >rn enry IV, of France, relates
Lord Herbert, the English Ambassador, the la
dies of the French Court, at a mask under the
auspices of the Queen, invited the attention of a
duellist who bad slain eight or nine adversaries.
Each of these ladies anxious to enjoy his society
would not allow any pat tit ular lady to engross
more than a certain share of his time. And in
the reign of another Bourbon, we are told of
the countess contending with pistols for the pos
session of a courtier whose amours and affairs
of honor were so numerous as to excite our as
tonishment.
In England Elizabeth created Mary, lire high
toned wife of Sir Hugh Cholmondely, a knight,
and the fair knight was known throughout the
realm as “The Bold Lady of Cheshire.” The
Queen, too, possessed a more chivalrous spirit.
When the negotiations for a matrimonial alliance
between her and the Archduke Charles were
finally broken off by his marriage to a princess
of Austria, the imperial daughter of Henry is said
to have exclaimed, that “So great an insult had
been offered to Iter, that, i’ she were a man in
stead of a woman,, she would have defied him to
single combat !”
In 1846, Lola Montes, Imasted that she was
a “better shot” than her lover, and wished to fight
his antagonist.
Inoculation for Yellow Fever.—The Ha
vana correspondent of the New ..York Express
says :—Dr. Hurnbolt, a nephew of the celebrated
Uumltold, has opened an hospital here, w here
lie inoculates for the“yeltow fever His mode
of practice is similar to that of vaccination for
the small pox, only Ire does not communicate
his secret as to what is the vims Ileuses. Manv
rumors are in circulation concerning it—some
that it is the poison of a serpent,olhers that it is
the juice of an herb, others Hgain that it is the
blood taken from some yellow fever patient.—
Whatever it is, the government seemsdetermin
ed to allow him a fair trial, and supply him free
ly with patients to experiment upon, principally
sold’ers who have lately come from Spain, and
who would certainly have the fever before tire
summer was passed. If these men escape from
this ( scourge of the tropics, it will Ire a strong
argument in favor of Dr. Humboldt’s plan. He
is confident in the efficacy of his inoculation,
and is sure of success. His hospital is just out
side the walls, and is very comfortable and
pleasant. Several Americans and Englishmen
have been inoculated ; thyy say they were fever
ish and somewhat ill in ctrnsequeoce, but were
dismissed as cured in the course of a week.—
What a blessing tp humanity will this discovery
prove, if it is not another
A FoRHrDABLi UNDERTAUao.—A cotempo
rary thus pets tfta tobacco question into tbe fol
lowing shape ; “Suppose a tobacco chewer is
years of his life, and thus each day of time
he consumes two inches of solid pi eg, it amounts
to six thousand four , hundred ami |
feet, makin|j nearly , one mile finding ■-
yo^SL.Miri.
stretched out huff that to
chew ifhcgij|HMc exercises of his life ;
■®f#*ll^P ou,d ,ax income to the
amount of twHmousHiid and ninety four olland”
Wm/Kn man eat a loaf of bread eight in
; ■Hong per day. If he live a hundred years
no will eat 292,000 inches 24.881 fcegor B. Hi
yards; or some five miles of breed— 4mn here
to Spring Hitt! Wbak man-wogU not be par
nlisra If he were asked to e*t Mg Way Areafh
siuMjlcn of bread f—tosy e^thtogefthwpoto-^
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From lh Savannah (Tsorgiaa.
Pacific Railroad—Southern Rente.
New Yore, April 11. IBM
Editor* of the Georgian :
Gentlemen : Permit me to eel! your attention
to the editorial article in the New York ‘Herald’ of
Monday, the 9th inst.. entitled “Pacific Railroad-
Survey of the Southern Route,” and to a alt the fa
vor that you republiah it lor the infer iat ion of
the Southern people. It was for the purpose of
causing this survey to be made, that 1 eonec"ted
to bewme o Director of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company. My object wbb, to proveto
the country, what 1 knew to be a fact—that the
southern route is the only practicable one for a
railway to the Pacific, and that the legislation of
Congress, in attempting to provide for the con
struction of a road on any of the northern lines,
would be misdirected, and in tlie end prove to be
utterly futile. The line which we have surveyed,
and to which tho article in the ‘Hcra'd* refers, is
south of all tho lines surveyed by the War Depart
ment, under the appropriation made by Congress.
The Government bos spent, 1 believe, about three
hundred thousand dollars in their surveys, and
has failed to find a line sufficiently practicable to
induce the commencement of the work, either by
tlie Government or incorporated companies, whilst
the line we have surveyed, is graphically sketch
ed in the article in tlie ‘Herald,’ with the excep
tion that it ru s the whole distance through a
fertile country susceptible of profitable cultivation,
and not. us the ‘Heruld’ has it “of desert like char
acter, from one extremity to the other.” This
survey establishes the tiiot that the Southern
States possess the ouiy practicable line for u
railroud to the Pacific, and that their institutions
will proceed, pari passu, with its construction to
that ocean. It will open to southern enterprise
the rich mining districts of New Mexico, t'hiliua
Ima. Sonora and California. The necessities which
will govern the accomplishment of this enterprise,
will shoe that slave labor must be employed in its
: construction. Passing as it will more than a thou
’ s ind miles through u rich milling country, it will
be impossible to retain free laborers upon tlie work
at any price which the iuos extravagant expend!?
tur would justity. In n uuuntry where wild ad
venture is the characteristic spirit of the pojaila
tion. as it is in ull mining districts, and where for
tunate strikes muy possibly procure large sums,
w ith a very small amount of labor, tlie people be
comes averse to regular employment at stated rea
sonable wages. This work from the eastern line
of Texas to the Pacific, will, with the exception
of about three hundred miles in the eastern coun
ties of Texas, pass through a region which is. at
i present, almost uninhubited. but-use* ptible of sus-
taining a dense population, which will flow along
the line as the work progresses, but not in suffici
ent force to control the turbulent masses ot foreign
laborers usually employed in <>ur railroad under
takings. Our slave population, therefore, affords
the only description of labor which ean be availed
of with safety and certainty for the accomplish
ment of thisigreat work. This description of la
bor is already protected by the institutions of Tex
as, through which eight hundred and fifty miles
of the line will run ; and also in the territory ac
quired under the Gudsden Treaty, which is now
annexed to New Mexico, that territory being au
thorixed. in the law organising its Government,
to come into the Union qs a State, with or without
slavery, as the people shall determine. Tlie dis
tance from El Paso, on tbs western line of Taxes,
to the river Colorado, the eastern lino of Califor
nia, is ab. ut four hundred and fifty miles. Thus
we perceive thut for tlie whole distance of this
line, until we strike California, slave labor nmy be
employed with perfect security, and it is believed
that hes Fugitive Slave Law, and the favorable
disposition of the people, will be sufficient protec
tion to it, within the Kmi'O of that State. The
information obtained in the prosecution of this re
connoisance. and survey, goes tosbow thut Sonora
is os rich in all probability, as California, and that
its silver mines, in richness and extent, are superi
or to those of any other portion of the world, while
■ its rich valleys and fertile pluins, aie equal in all
respects, for agricultural purposes, to those of Cal
ifornia. and its olimute exceedingly favorable to
all southern products.
The subscribers of the Atlantic and Pacifio rail
road, have transferred their stock to the Texas
Western Railroad Company, which ie entitled to
sixteen sections of land for ever j mile offend con
structed within the limits of tbe State.
f enclose to you a circular stating tba prospects
and condition of the fholl be
happy if you, wfupublish for general inrcNIHMM?
. -Jr wit tv much respect,
Your moat obedient aerr’t
T. Butler Kiko.
What an Intelligent German tuinu or the
bow Nothing*.— Mr. Valentine Heckler, atier*
Mn, now reaiding in Richmond, ha pablufced a
tetter, in which be aaya; “If I wee at my native
born in Germany, and an American ciltien waa
feewne there cad * Memetf ep lw
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1)0 a rd luV
i office rt bore
’ haring ; and fur that dost complain be*
cause /.meric inp elmaae Eo hare (bcie country eon.
trolled by their own people in preference to
mine,” Again be. aajt: “Ae tor proecriptiua i
don’t me. thatyia a Gwmeaa. l mb any morepro
•eritaed by the ffinowXo**#, *ae nr a Whig,!
~it~**-* MrssSm£^
they will never get; aad if any ofJ
are week end silly eaosgh to R ikl iflNNMftw
use them as tools tat tbetoWp* UergOSlCi If to J
the time of the election, nod thsal - qpjbid *4 i
for their folly, Aq M(4tkli ft* * feoff 1
catch me in any seek 1
A Home it known it rq fetML—Tke *W*. fto
rition, and motion of
portent potato. Those nilhw **aaft ifen est
placed not too far apart; er*ettoed'VibbtofSii|
lion, indicate both brtedtoy
horse is in the frequent habit of eMUptag •** **gjf |
forward nnd the other backward, sadeafeetellffflN4
he doee on a journey, will geoWafty pMMatfcsArjßh
spirit and motfansm. Til S>WSslAy<f Rw*J
ears in contrary directions shows (bast he tee** 19
ten tire to every thing that ia passingaew—d htepfejm
and while he ie doing this he eoawOt IhhMH
tigued, nor likely aeon to bs so mi en. Jft‘ ‘* !
It has been remarked that few banmdeop without -
pointing one ear forward aad the other baakwnod*
in order that they may receive notice of the a po
proach of objeeta in any direction. Wien beMnr
or mules march ia company at sight, thorn to
front direct their cart forward ; nod them in the
middle of the train tom them laterally, tkna ap
pearing to be actuated by onefseiiog which Watch
es their general safety.
The ear of the hone icon# of An meat land
ful parte about him, and by tUe ftrlbntaapH’
more surely indicated than by bio motion. Urn
ear is more intelligible even than the apt ; and*
person accustomed to the heme, eon tell, hy tho
expressive motion of that organ, almost all dttkt
thinks or moans. When a hocus In]* bin naan Ml
back on his neck, be most neenredly in meditating
mischief, and the by (tender should human of bin
heels or his teeth . In play, the ears will bo hid •
back, but not so decidedly, nor an long. A quick
change in tlieir position, nnd more particularly
the expression of the eya at the time, niX dlefll ’
guish between playfulness nnd riuo.
The hearing of the bone ia remarkably state.
A thousand vibrations of the air.ken aUgjkt tw
make any impression on the human caivua sfgfk
ily perceived by him. It fas well known to mtjf
hunting man that tlie cry of bound* Will bn Ms
cognized by the hone, and kb can will be cruet,
and be will be all spirit and impatience- a couad
erable time before the rider in tenaeisnanftbn
least sound —Tie Hnt end hit MUm.
Whxn to Dio Sweet Potatoes to PsnssTff
them from Rot —A geatloMas. whole cMlffff
ienced funner, remarked in our pnil*gi the after
day. that potatoes should bo dug wbewtbry .ee
We vtnst it* tnMMfMMMftf
never heard of atrx potatooa before tboweh lliw
enough of raw osu. Bat msssanVv ralootiew
satisfied us that there moot he cord’ philosophy in
it, for nature very plainly luneqtM the proper
time to pluck all otner fruita and why not tbe po
tato 1 Rut bow to tell a atrx potato woe the
question that puxxled ns. “tfiwpte **ougV *e
Slied our informant. “Pall eeveral MteWM Ihft
ifferen t parte of your patch break mom Oftd gHs*,
them time to dry and if th (Mi MM
dr? over perfectly white tho potato ie ripft aad
should be dag. Bat if of a deekteh hue. the po
tato ia not rips and should be left to npaft
dug when ripe they will keep, if not theyllß fM.
Try it.”—[tkndersriUe Georgian.
Somebody ie reporthif fur the Baetet ifobf
net-certain speechee of “Fatbar LoOghty,* wltr
ia a veiy sensible old COT*. “Tliißiiwteglf his
opinion of tbe present gewesetfeu i
“Foiled, be. be l t wonder they don't RMU
For, whet with tbe extnrip** and Off gout
for-nothingness of men ana women now-e-AM*,
whereto* to dndt Cell tbHirlv, ftnntof
the Pilgrims Tdo they ff wish to imruy Wfn
old grandfathers could see them I They *ede
true grit—real hearts of oak — hut these popin
jays arc nothing in the world bat veneering.-
If we go on at this rate the nme will rue oat
by another generation— we ahoa’t hue* nothing
left but a mixture of coxcomb'end’ ranuhry h-
The women, too, are no better—it ie just eeeetv
They are brought up for nothing under tho eon.
but to put in a buffet ! When I w*t f buy, it
wasn’t so—the spinning wheel steed the OM”
nerl They were put towork essoofr ee they
could walk—they did’t have uarsery makk to
run after them— tbe mother* weren’t ■ftessojltn
attend to their own tablet I
and rock the cradle beside. The gutowearpM#
for something it tho**- times; they an eld mfo;
and weave wool and lineo* Hiisej a oetsopk tod
and blue, and wear it too after It
They could eat bean pnrtirtge ;wjft
spoon; and they were much hMMfgtfV k;
suited than tbe gate
gowns their Fraoehjpeftra, jl
I’ut them St It tony. Id! mem teftwyipsAga
man ; and nochetato to-eHM|M^|KWte|r—•
WuLts woo nobodv’s tool. ImmlllltoNte-HißSte*--
what was what Mb
world ; they are going W^4§P§§|§§
they ain’t dmfftaf llw riajKM&H?
sliding down. Atfaw mmmSMmmßtk
hadn’t no‘‘lriali fTlfSih /’ i‘ \/: '■ \
QjpQm her. Wm t V£|
made smart WBffiMeNwwffißF j|RSib!SßS|pw@W
if the r.M bW ain’t rnneM><lWWt *^
•ometliimj* Tit^nK
it needlibethelidift I
oo now;
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