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s===r ' T WILL PRAISE THEE.
■ V CAROt tSR FRY.
r or whitl shell 1 prsise lltee my God end mv King 7
Per s-bst hleeeings llte Iriltnt" of gratitude bring!
Hhsil ! prniae thee fur pleesnre.ferheslth.or forente,
for tlio sunshine of youth, for Ihs gsrdeo of pcacel
sltsll I praise thee for flowors that bloomed on my breast 7
For jo v« in perspective, soil pleasure possessed T
for tbs spirits that brtghlcd my da vs cfdeligh' t
for the slumbers that set on my pillow by night T
for lhi« should t think ll.ee : hut it only for thin,
I should Imv* half untold the donation ofliliM,;
I think thee for sickness; for sorrow, fur cere,
v§t 'iieihornal have i?ather^A,the iu>KUi*U I share.
For iiUhtaof anxiety, watcliin*n, and tears,
A nroMiit of pnin.a perepertive offeara;
I thank ihee.l bleaa thee. n:y Knit and joy God,
For the rood and llie evil thy hand liatli he«too*ed—
Tharrflower* were aweet. but their frasrnnee ifl flown,
Thev yielded no fruit, they nre withered and *one.
The ilioro, it was poi^naut, but precious to me,
rTwas the message ofimsrcy.it led me to thee.
AN IRISHMAN.
His hand is rash, Ilia •.'’art is warm,
nut principle ia still his guide ;
None more regrets n deed of harm,
And none forgives with nobler pride ;
Ho mav he duped, but wont he dared;
As fit tonractice as to plan, —
He dearly
And spends it likwan Irishman.
VOl.. XXXVI.
MILLEDv*l$VlLIJB. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1845.
NO- 38
MISCELLANEOUS.
friendly game of poker.
Bg SOL SMITH,
On ilia evening of our second day out from
NewGrleans, 1 found myself sealed at a card ta>
bis, with three of my fellotv passengers, playing at
the interesting game of I’ukcr. Curd playing was
aver) common umusement then, (1835,) and it
wai not unusual to see half u dozen tallies occupied
at the same lime in the gentlomen’s cabin of a Mis-
linippi boat. I had aut down to the game fir
WMUhtnt, but on rising, at 10 o’clock, I found my
amusement had cost me about sixty dollars ! ‘This
won’t do afnTT’ saitM. thinking aloud ; ‘I must try
itagain lo-morrow.’ Ofcourseyou must,’ replied
oneuf the players, who happened ta bo an old ac
quaintance of initio from Montgomery, Alabama,
where lie Had been a jailor for several years, and
where he tvas considered a very respectable citizen,
‘You amst not give it up so,’ lie continued, follow,
ing me out on guard; ‘to morrow you’ll get even.’
I entered into conversation witlt my old acquaint
ance, whose name was Hubbeli, or Hubbard—1
den’t remember which—we’ll cull him Hubbard—
lad he advised me by all means to try another sit*
ting an the morrow, I suggested to him that a
slight suspicion had crossed my mind that some of
our pa'iy might be blacklegs—in other words, gam
blers. He answered llml the sau.o thought had
[ struck him at one time, but he hud come to the
conclusion that all had been fair, llefore leaving
me, tny quondam friend told tne that he had become
a spurting man—ho felt it his duty to inform me
of n—but he assured me, upon his honor (!) lie
would .not see mo wronged. Of course I believed
| him, and it was ngreed llml we should meet again.
| Nest morning, soon as the breukfust things hnd
been cleard away, l found Hubbard anil a friend of
kit. waiting for tne at one of the card tables, and i
look my scut witli the hope of gelling even—a hope
which liau led muuy a moil to i' retrievable ruin. 1
felt -•
inasmuch a* 1 think ‘yuu’re trying to bluff me'off i
go the two hundred.’ ‘You do!* ‘Yes,! do—
there’s the money.’ ‘Anything belter!’ inquired
my adversary, insinuatingly, and leaning over to
mako use of the spit box again—all the lime keep,
ing his grey eye* fixed upon my enunti muioo.—
‘ VVliy—yes,’ 1 answered—‘since you’ve got me ex
cited, I’ll go something better—1 go two hundred
better than you.’ Looking me steadily in the fuce,
he said—‘Well you’re a bold fellow any how, for a
novice—it takes all I’ve got, by huky. but I go it—
and if you’ll let me bet on a credit, i should like to
go back at you.’ (Spit box.) Feeling confident
of winning, 1 consented that ho might go what he
liked on credit—provided 1 should be eilowod the
same privilege. ‘Well, then,’said Hubbard, a lit
tle spitefully—•! go you five hundred betier—on a
credit.’ (Spit box again.) ‘The devil you do 1’
exclaimed I—‘this looks like gambling; but since
we’re in for it so deeply, 1 go you the five hundred
—and a thousand butler—on n credit.’ At this
singe of the game, the third hand returned and see
ing at a glance how matters stood, requested to look
at Huhliard’scnrd*. ‘No sir /’ interposed 1—*you
must play your own hand!' at the same lime mo
tioning my opponent to luy down hit cards, as I
I laid down minu. The carpet began to suffer
about this time—the apit box was disregarded. The
excitement among the passengers was greot, and
my ears received many a whi-per that 1 was ‘lick
ed,’ Hubbard took a lung and earnest look into
my oyes, and said slowly but confidently, ‘I go it—
and—call you.’ ‘I suppose I’m beat,’ said I—(by
puerile tlpit I was ! I didn’t suppose any thing of
the kind)—hut turn over your papers, and let us
seo what you’ve got.’ Willi one hand ho grace
fully turned over four Kings and u Jack, and, with
the other tremblingly ‘raked down’ a pile of bank
notes, gold and silver; while a groan burst out from
the spectators, who all seemed to regret my bad
luck. ‘You ure as lucky as a juilor.’ I remarked, as
my friend bognn to smooth down the V’s. X’s, L’s,
and C’s. By the bye, he inquired, again resorting
to the spit box, cud looking over patronizingly at
me,‘I forgot to ask what you had.’ ‘Well,’ I re-
plied calmly, *1 think you might as well see my
cards.’ ‘Ha ! ha ! Oh, I reckon you’re beat my
friend,’ he answered, ‘but let’s sec your hand, atoll
events.’ ‘Here are the documents,’ replied I—
‘there’s my hand !’ and I turned over my cards, one
by one—‘there’s on Ace—there’s another—and
there’s another !’ ‘A pretty good hand, young man,
remarked Hubbard—‘three Aces ! ‘What olrie
have you V Whi^_ else ? _W bAy-.b/ere’s a Queen !’
‘And jxhfUC*itso V asked everybody. ‘Another
Tfcoi* Four Aces! * * • I looked over the
table and di«covered the face of my lately elat d
friend had lost all color—the tobacco juice wos run
ning out of the corners of his mouth—the V’s X’s
and C’s, were dropped, and amazement and slupe-
factinn were atrongly imprinted on his features.
A shout went up from the bystanders, and all hands
weru invited to take champagne at my expense.
It is scarcely necessary lossy dial tin- money
‘bet on a credit’ was never paid, nor was it over ex.
peeled to lie paid. My friend Hubbard recollect
ed that lie had urgent business at Vickshurgh, and
left the boat. It so happened that the stranger who
played with us, also disembarked at the same burgh
where they met with a singular accident—being
promiscuously hung, a few days afterwards by
a mob ' Hubbard died ‘game,’ and spat upon the
excited populace.
About a month after the ndventure above relat
ed, I met a gentleman at Cincinnati, whom I in
stantly re. ognised as one of my fellow passengers
on t'ne Warren. After inquiring the state of each
other’s health, lie uskad me if I had played at the
game of poker lately. ‘Not since you witnessed
the great game on board the Warren,’I replied.
‘Do not play any .mure,’ said ho, assuming a serious
air—‘you are liable to be fleeced- I saw you were
in the Hands of swindlers,’ he continued, ‘and when
one of the fellows left the table, 1 noticed that he
laid a pack of cards, he had been shuffling, near
your adversary’s elbow. As an experiment—pass-
ing by at the moment;—l look the top card from
the pack, nnd shoved it under the bottom—by
which means, you got the four aces intended for his
partner, while he got the four kings intended for
you ; and thus the sporting gentlemen wero caught
in their own trnp !’
Moral—Poker is decidedly a dangerous game to
play at—particularly with a stranger—but when
you find yoursolf io possession of four aces, ‘Go IT
with a perfect rush !’—St. Louisville Reveille.
young men an you are, to a«e them come in at a
time like the present, when we are threatened with
war from two opposite quarters, nnd enroll them-
•elves in the standing army of the country.’
‘Hold on, tlranger,’ said the Tennessoenn, 'did
did you say slandin’ nrmy l’
‘Certainly I did,' laid the sergnant; ‘and what
more honorable service is there !’
True Philosophy.—Madame Necker relates
the followine unecdote of Mr. Almuret, a philoso
pher of Geneva :—It was said of him that ho had
never been out of temper : some persons, by
means of his female servant, wore determined to
sit quite confident of winning back my losings over pul this matter to the proof. The woman stated
Right, nnd my playmates gave me every encourage
'aunt dial 1 should be successful. At it we went,
playing with varying luck for about two hours. At
afoul 11 o’clock, Hubbard’s friend left us for a few
minutes, to 'get a drink,’and the jailor and myself
wure.ieft playing single handed. When the third
utod luff, we were using the ‘miiall cards,’ as they
I Hro <«lled—that is, surer and under; hut Hubbard
I immediately proposed that wo should luke the
'Isrgecards—tens and over—which 1 ngreed to at
• mailer of course. One tning I here observed—
my friend the jailor d-alt the cards without shuffling.
fids made me resolve to watch him closely. Ta.
king up my cards, I was agreeably suiprised to
find 1 Imd an excellent hand. 'Now, thinks 1 to
aiyself, ‘now is the time, if ever, to get even ; if
I aty tulcersary happens to huve a decent hand, 1 shall
! d" well enough.’
( I'lie reader who does not understand the game
H ‘Wuff’—or ‘poker,’us it is generally culled—
| may its well leave off horn.]
I commenced the game by bragging a dollar—
wy adversary went the dollar and five belter—I
I went thru and ten—ho immediately put up the ten
and bud dewn a twenty, keeping bis pocket book
as much ns to say, -I am ready to go any
I "mount you cltooso to be!.’ After a moment's ru-
I flection,(nil acting !) I said, •! go tiiat and fifty.’
I’AII right,’ replied the juilor,‘there it is—I go that
|*R<i a hundred. 1 here looked at my cards again,
I «nd affected to have gieat nnd tantalizing doubts
I whether 1 should go the hundred. ‘Taka back your
lost bet,’ 1 urged; *it is too much fnr either of us to
I ‘ ‘"I I begin to think i have been rash; take it buck,
lliatjshe had beon histservam for thirty years, nnd
she protested that during thut time she had never
seen him in a passion. They promised her a sum
of money if she would endeavour to make him an
gry ; si-e consented, and knowing ho was particu
larly fond of having bis bed well made, she, on the
day appointed, neglected to make it. M. Abuuret
observed it, and the next morning made the obser
vation to her ; she answered she had furgotten it :
she raid nothing more, but on the following morn
ing sho again neglected to make the bod ; thn same
observation was made mi the morrow by the phil-.
osopher, and she again mndo some such excuse in
a cooler rnunner than before. On the third day-
lie suid to her, “You have not yet mude my bed;
you have apparently come to some resolution on the
subject ; as you probably found it fatigue you —
But, after ull, it is of no great consequence, as I be
gin to accustom myself to it as it is.” She threw
herself at tits feet and avowed all to him.
Fences.—Take another look nt your enclosures
and see ihnt your fences are sound, firm, high and
close. If you do not, and should unhuppily wako
on some morning and find your cattle in the corn,
your pigs iu the peas, &c.. you will please to recol.
Icct that we told you so. After pluming and before
weeding, you will probably have timu to make some
excellent stone walls. Sure that you mako it where
it is most needed, nnd what you mako should be
well made. \Ve do not like certain apologies for
fences which we every now and then come across,
in the course ot our agricultural tours. A jagged
Honorable h—II!’ said the Tennesseean—• Do
you think 1 catne oil the way from Cocke cou ily
to jine your stay at-home, standM army!—r ot
tell me where I can find u marchin’ .army—an tr-
iny marollin’ to tho-Hnlls of the Montezumas,’ os
old Sum used to say—or a fighlin’ army, and 'in
thar—certain. D—n your atundin’ armies—tliey
ure no account—end I'll jine noneon ’em. Gtfod
bye, stranger!” nnd saying this, the Tennesseean
sloped.—N. O. Pic.
[From the Natchitoches Courier.) ( *
AN INDIAN EXECUTION. )
Through the politeness of Mr. Burslow, the a« ent
of the government for conducting the late Cltocjtaw
emigration from Mississippi to lho West, we! are
prompted to publish the following extracts frond the
Journal of W.R, Dougins, giving rii accouqilof
the execution of a young Cltoclaw, according ; to
the law of that race. Ii appears that, on the yarri
val of the emigration at Bond’s store, in Arkad sas;
the Indians procured whiskey in spite of the pi) evi-
ous promises of the proprietors not to sell theml any
and in spite of ilia warm remonstrances of) the
government agents. The consequence was disor
der and fighting among many of the Indian) s.—
While the brother of Ty-ah, and another lit dinn
were engaged in a fight, he came up to the reitscue
of his brother, and gave the other Indian a
which produced death. Blood for blood is the
law of the savage race ; and, without a murn]
ho submitted to the fate awarded to him by
judges. The murder was perpolrated on the
of March,
EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL.
March 17.—This night was the time sele-i
for the execution of the Indian who hud comm,
the murder at Bond's store. 'I’lie friends of
deceased demanded his blood, and their savage Itiw
whs ready to give it. From the night ofthe 1 akn
to that of the 17th, Ty-ah had ample time and oa-
portunitvM'* h«w«.- fet Tio guard was pfSHed
over hin^—his movements were not oven walctl jd;
his-ooemies knew too well the influence of an el tr.
ly cd ication that robs death of its terrors, and [in
culcates a chivalry which U now almost exti4 ct
among the pale faces. Ty-ah would not escapl
but resolute and firm, ho stood his ground. Tlie
family from which lie sprung wero never to los e
caste by a dastardly escape from a punishment
which he was taught to believe just.
At the earnest solicitations of those in alter I-
ance, who represented thatit would be in violati n
of the laws of the Slate through which they we e
travelling, they agreed to postpone the executi n
until the two divisions should be united. Ty- h
was present during this conversation, and I watc •
ed him closely; he conducted himself liken R ,.
man; hs discovered not tho symptom of fear, iitLt
the quivering of a muscle ; itis eye was endowt
with afierceness of lustre, which I had never see#'
before, and the tones of his voice, ns he expressed
bis willingness to die there if they wished it, pns
sessed, in an eminent deg-ee, that fulness andntelc
dy so characteristic of his race. His firmties. 8
and noble bearing, in that trying time, produces!
reflections in my own mind any thing but favora -
bio to that race which stands first among the hu •
man species. A white man, surrounded by sirni -
lar circumstances, would have thought only of hit >
personal safety ; no desire to make reparation fu r
a wrong ; no regard for the honor of Ins ftimil} t
would havo influenced him ; his education woulc I
have prompted him to steel the fleetest horse in the >
camp, and in thirty six hours, Texus would have >
had another inhabitant.
On the 18th, the Division united ut Miller’s Blufl
on the Ouachita, On the 10th, the Indians held a
council and determined that Ty-ah should be shot
to-morrow. Our detention at this point has forced
us to become unwilling spectators of the most tra.
gical scene either of us ever witnessed. The
mournful death.song and the savage war-whoop
informed us that Ty all’s moments were numbered.
Dressed with more than usual elegance after the
peculiar fashion of itis race, and surrounded by
his friends, ho approaches the pluce selected, and
throws him-eif full longth upon tho oarih, that the
measure ol his future borne might be taken. Tho
grave was completed ; the sun was high in the
heavens, and the stern decree of tho council must
be force,I. Ty ah is dend, and he died the death of
the brave!—Unflinching he looked death in tho
luce. With a strong yell of defiance to Itis ene
mies, and the kind word of pnrting to Ins friends
he walked firmly up to the brink of thut grave in
hich his remains were to be shortly entombed.
He uttered no complaint of the savage law which
had condemned him; ho made no reproaches
against the more savage judges that hnd enforced
thut law, but with u composure which could be on
ly ho inculcated by tho stern religion of his fathers *
ho bared his bosom, and from the unerring rifle of ’
his deadly foe received tho shot that he believed
was to send hint forth upon tho happy hunting
grounds promised him by the great and good Spirit
of his race. The report of the rifle was instantly
followed by the wild, unearthly shrieks of his wife
and kindred. They threw themselves upon his
body, and began that plaintiff wailing, peculiar to
tint people, in a rnunner that drew tears from eve
ry eye.
They had buried him ns became a warrior, with
rifle and pnuclt by his side. In death he was or-
ruved in the same fanciful garb which in life had
so gracod his manly form.
His grave is now filled op—the blood thirsty law
of his race is satisfied—the kindred of Cunno-an-
tiimbe have had their revenge! Ty-ttll hod pre
served tho honor of his family, and now the still
ness of the night is interrupted only by the wailing
of his wife, his children, and his aged mother.
(FROM TUB SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.)
TANNING ON THE PLANTATION.
Mr. Camak :—I see in your last Cultivator di
rections lor plantation tanning, by Mr. Affleck of
Mississippi. Having tanned my hides for a num
ber of years, and believing it to my interest, 1 sup
pose it will be profitable to others who have many
raw hides.
1 have succeeded well, nnd think my leather
firmer and more valuable far negro shoes, and the
coarse harness on my farm, than tan-yard leather;
and os my plan is a much cheapor one than Mr.
Affleck’s, and as economy is my hobby horse, I just
Thought 1 would ride tiini out this morning to keep
ihim healthy.
1 Ian from 10 tu 15 hides a year, of various sizes.
I have two vats 5 by 7 feel, 4 feet deep, sunk in
the ground near a lolling branch, so constructed
at the bottom that 1 can draw a plug und wash nnd
empty them, i begin in Murch ; soak my hides
ten duys in running water. Two or three times I
take litem out and give them a good rubbing nr
washing. They are then ready for the lime, as
we call it. i then put them in one of my vats, and
Hints for Heath—Exercise for Young Chil
dren.—Tho best bodily etfercise for young chit-
dren. is doubtless running and playing in the opuu
air, from which they should not bo debarred by Ihe
slight variations in tho weather. In large
towns the getting children nut of doors,
especially so far as to inhale a tolerable pure
air is very difiicull ; but no sacrifice should be
thought loo grout to obtain for litem this essentia!
requisite for health. Children who are accustomed
to go out, if it bo but an hour a day, evidently suffer
if deprived of the privilege ; they seem dull and
poorly, and nre often very cress und irritable ; in
short, out.door exercise is essential, not only to
bodily, hut to mental health.
The exercifo of the senses, and of the mental
powers, may be very advantageously pursued out
of doors, and may greatly conduce to tho pleasure
both of children and mothers; uml here let mo urge
upon mothers ihe|dcsi ableness, to say tho least, of
attending their children in their walks, and striving
to enter into all their frolics. While walking, you
may exercise n child’s sight by desiring hint to
look at distant objects, and by asking him what lie
thinks they are like : if lie mistake them, approach
nearer to them, and lei him try again to distinguish
HT'mpwpv .
ripening, MdMfor*
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NKWOfNSTlTlJtjO?
Tlie Convention willed iirfsOglfi
Constitution of the matt, Unttag.*
labors, adjourned sine dle ofl llw
respondent of lire Nulionel Inwlli|
divide equally among them from 3 1-2 to 5 bush- ‘ ' ry ng , n , 1
els ofgoodnsl.es and 2 or 3 quarts of lime and ® u \ ° r - “ ‘T’
cover the whole in water. 1 he lye had better be „ bR comp J ralive | y 8()f , or hardi ^’whe-
,. cobbling, half built wall, in which stonos look ns if
•ti'f let us show our hands for lire money already tliey wore huddled together by chance, or by an
—‘- 1 — earthquake, not all disposed to he sociable, but each
-owu.* -Jilo!'said Hubbard—‘if you mean sporting
r'R up tlie hundred, or buck out, and give ma the
atouey.’ -Can’t da that,’ 1 replied; ‘I don’tcome from
* backing out country—no iliore’s (be hundred; and
"*nty pocket book's out, and my hand’s in, there's
"“oilier C.’ This now hot seemed to please my
^heed Hubbard mightily. He answered it without
' aietneui's pause, and went two hundred more !
requested my opponent to permit me show
curds to some of the bystanders, who were
crowding aroaod the table in great numbers to tee
i * un —all considering me moat undoubtedly ‘pick-
*u up.’ Hubbard would nut agree that l should
jp 0W , oi y hand to or talto advice from, any one.
lay your own cards,’ said he, reaching over, and
compelling me to lay my cards on the tuhla
before me. ‘Then,’ said I, ‘yen :«l( me H Giece aces
M two other cards can be boat.’ *Qh, ye*,' he
replied, with a eelf-satsifted air, and using the apit-
J*—'hay cea lie beat, certainly, but not aeey.’l
y< * •‘•Yi I think myself,’ replied l—‘therefore,’
strong, and if you err, err on that side. Every lew
days I take them up, or rather stir them up, und
mix them sgain, so that all parts shall be equally
acted on by tho lyo and the atmosphere, in the top
and the bottom of tho vat. If your lye is right, io
10 or 12 days your hides wilDte thickened to two
or three times their firsi^tlockness.leel more like n
sheet of jelly thaojitfy thing elso, and lira hair will
slip easily.^JPtieo slip off the hair, and will, a
drawing kfffie ora currying knife, scrape ofT the
loose flit<sh und cellular matter on the other side,
and iHmuch ofthe lye as you can, without bruising
tlmdiide : and then put litem back into fresh and
lean water. Every other day take them up and
give them n good rubbing or scouring, for 10 days.
Tliey are then ready for the bark ; and by that
lime you cun slip the bark off your oak trees and
have it ready for the hides, i never grind my
bark. I take iffrom the tree, and with a drawing
knife, tukc off the rough on the outside, and just
beat it enough to cause it to lie flat in the vat. In
my other vat I do all my tanning, and commence
with a layer of bark, then of leather, and so on;
nnd so lay it in the vat that every part of each side
ofthe leather shall lie against bark ; and when i
I am dune, I immerse this entirely in water.
The first year you had better boil an onzo in
kettles or pots, and use that instead of water, and
afterwards always preserve your old ooze to use
next year instead of water. I let this lie until the
1 st of August, and put in a second bark precisely
as the first, and let it lie until sometime in October
or November, when my leather is fully tanned, if
these directions have been followed. When the
leather is well tanned, it presents a yellow, spongy
appearance, through and through; otherwise, you
will see a white or hard streak in the centra.—
'When l take it up I scour the ooze well out of all.
That I intend for sole leather, I straighten and dry;
that for upper leather, I wash well,then grease well
with thechoapest oil I have, and affter drying 8 or
ten days, I moisten it, curry off tha spungy, solt
iart from the flesh side; and when moist, heat it
ir break it over some rough surface until it iscom-
.ratively soft, and the grain side is nil puckered
_i, or wrinkled into small wrinkles. Then, when
iy 'leather is thoroughly dried and shrank, it is
for use.
Respectfully, J. S. Whitten.
r ount Zion, 1845.
I^Ll'ENCE OF A BAD PRESS.—The filllowil „
ticlo^entirely accords with our own views on a
malle&f’smno moment that wo desire to have it
rend nil thought of. It is takan from 'he Charles
ton Mer&ry—a paper of the deepest southern lo-
co-foco Amp. The occasion of tho notice taken
of Mr. BISr was the transfer of the Globe to the
new oflicialeditors:
“Mr. Bia^l.as been undoubtedly one of the a-
blest editors*, the country, and attached sincerely,
we doubt not, A principles,—but at the same time,
in Itis way of Aning, coarse.—even scurrilous,—
devoted to parimjproscriptivc, blind to the faults of
favorites, hatingfce very virtuos ofencmios. With
him, party was ft^u, middle nnd lust,—and fidelity
.o it us an assoc^Kon of men, not an embodi
ment of faith, cons *ited his beau ideal of ortho
doxy. Hence wha^^Smte sovereignty came in
conflict with Jackso^Bt was treason ; when it came
to support Benton, itAaa the ossence of pure De
mocracy. But lei thManss. Tho tendflhey ofthe
Globe lias been to ma^kthe inlereel of puny usurp
the place of its/nTncip^^—und a very obvious re
sult has been lu converlAl the officers and expen
ditures of the govertiinei^kito a grand party treas
ury, out of whichnn arm^^f demagogues is tube
fed. Such an army exists^i both sides .- a vast
multitude who crealo nearlmil the disgraceful tur
moil of our elections, nnd worse sole interest in
politics is notoriously tho hAs e 0 f office ; who de-
mamd proscription when tIMy are out, and de
nounce it whon they nre in ;^ho scruple not in
tlujt he can break or crush it like sand. You may
lead him to distinguish between the smell of differ,
ent flowers, or belwe.en that of u huv field und a
bean field, or of any other object that may be agree
able to the sense. His hearing, too, mtiy hu im
proved, by directing his attention to difletem
sounds ; ns to tho sound of a distunt carriuge—is it
a cart, n coach, ora lighter vehicle ? The notes of
different birds, and the vuicos of different animals,
will also afford ample exercise for his hearing.—
Whilst a child is thus employing his senses, the
best powers of his mind will likewise he cultivated.
You will teach him observation, without which the
brightest book of nature is a mere blank. He will
exercise bis attention, by i-xnminiug objects with so
much care ns to he enabled again to recognize
them, particularly if he is accustomed to describe
them to his futlu-r on his return home. Ho will be
led by degrees, to a perception of differences be
tween objects and pana of objects ; his memory,
loo, will be cultivated ; nnd ho will early imbibe a
taste for the cheap and inexhaustnble pleasures
which nature provides for her children.
Manufacture of Sugar,—In cur lest we men-
tioned that the time would come when Louisiana
sugar would be manufactured by using bagasse
alone for fuel; and in a previous number, it was
stated that a parcel of our sugar made by the new
process, told, this season, at the North, for 9 1-2 to
9 3 4 cents per ib. This new process, we believe,
is Mr. Rielieux’s, adopted by Mr. Packwood, of
Plaquemines. An intelligent planter from the
Coast, informs us that it is highly approved of, but
he believes it will in timu he greatly simplified.
The following are the results already retained :
The apparatus mude, during the last two seasons,
at tho rate of 18,000 lbs. of sugar, per 24 hours,
and boiled as much cane.juice as the mill could
furnish. The quality of the sugar is improved
about one half in value over that produced by the
ordinary process, and tlte production of molasses
is greatly reduced. Tha sugar-mill and the appa
ratus wore driven together by the engine,and dur
ing the la.t season, the bagasse of the previous
year was the ouly fuel used. If this is al! true,
und we really boliuve it is, a revolution will be ef
fected within tite next few years, in the manufac
ture of Louisiana sugar. * The reduction of the
quantity of molusscs produced, of course gives a
Corresponding increase in the quantity of sugar.
Phis increase is suid to be 25 per cent, whicii, in
the crop of the whole State, will make a vast differ
ence. The increased value of the product also
places our Louisinnu sugar on a par with alt oilier
sugars, in tha markets of tho world. Add to all
this, the certuimy of making sugar in this State,
without the usa of wood, and tho advantages gain-
ed by our plunters, in enabling them to compete
with ull other sugar growing countries, tviii be im
mense.—Franklin Banner.
the principal cltanges proposed in I
tuiinn ore i . ’
An cxUHisiolj of the rtgqt Of i
males above twenty-one, who ,D
consecutive years in tha Sinte, and dFBtrpytng t _
property qualification- No naluraJiMd cittz*n ,*>
vote until two years after he becMptl.M C*U*4*n
The life tenure of Judges abolished < Jnqjp*
of the Supreme Court appointed for eight yttfl,
and tiie lower Court* for eix yenre. , , _
Sheriffs, coroners, clerks of eourlp and justices
of the peuce to bo elected liy the people.
Biennial sessions ofthe Legislature,Midthege*
riod of the sussaimi limited to sixty tUjU,
Legislature prohibited from graollpg nny •o'RS
charters, or renewing any now inexistence ; pro
hibited ulso from loaning (he credit of the Stuteor
borrowing money, except in case of war-tnvutOft,
or insurrection. i . ,
Governor. Lieutenant Governor, nod Senate |
ccted for four yeHrs ; House for two year*..
All citizens disfranchised, both as to voting e|)d
holding oflion, who may fight or iu any wuy fie
connected with fighting a duel, either in or out ,bi
the State.
THE OCEAN AND A VOLCANO IN 8TRIFIS.
When the torrent of fire precipitateditaelf into
tite ocean, the scene assumed a character of ter
rific and indescribable grandeur. The magnifi
cence of destruction was never more perceptibly
displayed limn when tlteso antagonistic elements
met in deadly strife. The mightieat of enrth’e
magazines of firo poured forth its burning billows
to meet ttio mightiest of oceans. For two score
miles it came, rolling, tumbling, swelling forward,
an awful agent of death. Rocks melted like wax
in its path ; forests crackled and blazed before its
fervent lieiit; tho very hills wero lifted from their
primevil beds, and sank beneath Its tide or were
borne onward by its wtive-t ; lira works of mao
were tu it but ns a scroll in the flames; nature
shrivelled nod trembled before the irresistible flow.
Imagine Niagara’s stream above the brink of the
falls, with its dashing, whirling, tossing, nnd eddy
ing rapids, madly raging and hurrying on to their
plunge, instantaneously converted into fire, a gory-
hued river of fused minerals ; the wrecke of cre
ative matter, blazing and disappearing beneath its
surface ; volumes ol'hissing steam arising ; smoke
curling upwards from ten thousand vents; which
gave utterance to ns many deep-toned muttering*
and sullen, confined, and ominous clnmurirgs, as
if the spirits of fallen demons were struggling
against their final doom; gases detonating mid
shrieking as thut burst from tlteir hot prison house;
the heavens lurid with flume; the atmosphere dark,
turgid, and oppressive; the horizon murky with
vapours, und gleaming with the reflected conteat;
while cave ttud hollow, as the hot air swept along
their heated walls, threw hack the unearthly sounds
in a myriad of prolongucd echoes. Such was the
scene, os tho fiery cataract leaping a precipice of
fifty feet, poured its flood upon the ocean. The
old line of coast, a mass of compact, indurate la
va. whitened, crocked uml fell. The waters re
coiled, und sent forth a tempest of spray ; they
foamed and lushed around and over tho melted
rock ; they boiled with the bent, and the roar of
the conflicting agencies grew fiercer and louder.
The repurts of the exploding gas wero distinctly
heard twenty, five miles di,ta.it. They were liken-
ed to discharges of wlioie broadside* of heavy ar
tillery. Streaks of tho intebsest light glanced lik*
lightning in all directions ; tite outskirts of the
burning lava ns it full, cooled by the shock, was
shivered into millions of fragments, and bnrna
aloft by strung breezes blowing towards the land,
were scattered in the scintiliuiil showers into the
country. For tlireo successive weeks the volcano
disgorged on uninterrupted burning tide, with
scarcely any diminution, into the ocean. On eith
er sidu, for twenty miles, tite sen became heated,
and witli such rupidily, that, nn the second day of
the junction, fishes came ashore dead in great num.
her* at Kouuu, fifteen miles distant. Six weeks la
ter, at the base of tiie hills, tho water continued
scalding hot, und sunt forth steam at every wash of
the waves.—Jarvis’s Scenes t» ihe Sandwich Isl
ands.
seems to sny to its neghbor, please to keep your
distance, is an abomipation on any min.’s form,
Wo have seen ton many of such rough monuments
of laziness, which seem to have been tossed togelb
er for no other purpose but to afford the quadrupeds
of the place the means of taking practical lessons
in the art of jumping.
A Tennessean—a full six footer presented him
self to tha sergeant nt the recruiting quarters,Old
Laveo streot, yesterday, and offered his services to
Uncle Sam for the next four years,. The sergeant,
rejoiced to meet with such excellent material for a
dragoon, slapped him approvingly on tite shoulder,
slipped half a dollar Into hie fist as sn earnest of
future favors, snd complimented him on the pros*
peels of glory that were opening to Him end to all
"enterprMngyoung men*who joined the service,
Loth in Mexloo and Oregon. ‘It speaks trumpet-
tongued,’ he added, 'for thepatriotUm of til such
“Never Despair.”—An ingenious man, being
very young, having gono to London iu the hope of
getting soma employment, was unsuccessful in his
attempt, and being reduced to extreme poverty,
came to the awful resolution of throwing himself
into the Thames, On pussing near the Royal Ex.
change to effect his purpose, he saw the caniage of
tho late excellent Mr. Hanway, under the arms of
which was this motto :—“Never despair I” The
tiingulur occurrence of this sentence had, under
Providence, such an effect on the young men, that
he immediately desisted from his horrid design,
gained soon aftor a considerable establishment, and
died in good circumstances in the common course
of mortality.
Tiir Law and Newspapers.—1. Subscribers
who do not give express notice to the contrary, are
considered ns wishing to continue tbeir subscrip
tions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
thnir papers, the publwber may continue to send
them till all arrearages are paid.
If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa
pers from the office to which they ere directed, they
era bald responsible till they heVa muled their bills
rad their *
violence nnd noise
t by their shame-
ling every good
^any to conclude
zuisod struggle
tf office. VV ho
pore und more
Assuming the
er pay ! We
jnent of the
[ilia liberty
ie to be
honor
—who
whom
fchar-
a are
and ordei
burg Compiler.
papers discontinued.—<?«•*»-
Ih« face of day to transfer thei
from otto party to tne other, uti
le ss pretensions to principles'
ct tuse into contempt, and leud tot
th at all party contests are only a
hi .‘tween demagogues for the gain
d< >es not sec thut this is becoming
th e case, and that our elections art
cl isracter of a strife of mercenaries'
wi ll not slop to argue that the Govt
co untry is thus corrupted and the
eridangored; that is manifest.
The affairs of the Government will
distributed nmong men who huve no fa
—whose lif'o ia a glaring and shamelei
have already sold themselves for gain, an'
the worst peculation would scarcely he lost
actor. And in must cases, these demagi
unfit, from ignorance, for the duties of
The education of a street politician is trul
ble preparation for the business of an acct
And this incompelenoy has led aod will conti
lead to the multiplication of offices. Tliui
cause the country ia first wronged by pulling
and ignuranl men in office, it must bo further
d ened by an increased expense, as a remedy?
Thus, to make “party services’* tho qualifies'!
for plaoo is to insure that we pay an eoormot
p rice for a very bad article
fn eveiry aspect, it is a corrupting and a danger,
ous rule. Looking at it merely in this light, that
it ia trying men by a false standard, and the mis.
chievota absurdity of it is apparent. To examine
candid stea for the degree ofM. D iu civil engineer,
ing or Midshipmen in egriculurel chemistry, would
oot be thought very wise—but this is worse, for it
ie testing the fitness of candidate* by tbeir profic
iency in an o-tentially immoral ort—that oC influ.
ancin g elaotiont by atirring up tha bad passions of
men. To make prostitution the paesport to fash-
fonaljW society, would scarcely be more fate) to
tbcwrjue ojf umUwi-
lio i* the purity of the gevaramoat."
The foreign correspondent uf the Boston Atlas,
gives the following additonul particulars of the iron
steamer Great Britain—expressing also his own
conviction, that she will never cross the Atlantic.
The enormous iron coflin, culled tho summer
“Great Britain,’’still remains moored in the Thames
ofl'Bincktvall ; and ifsheis moored there two nr
three months more, Iter unfortunate owners may bo
uble to realize a sufficient sum from the wonder
gazing public, to finish Iter, and fit her for a return
voyage to Bristol—for that she will ever be nble to
make profitable trips across the Atlantic is an im
possibility. Every Englishman with whom I have
conversed respecting her has distinctly declared
that he would not trust himself in her round tho
isle ol Wight. She is one ofthe monstrosities of
the 1 Ot Ii century, and, as such, people flock tu see
her : evou tho young and lovely Queen, ever on a
trip of pleasure, went with Prince Albert, last week
to look at this steamer. A magnificent bunquet
was prepared for the royal visitors, but 1 under
stand the Company aro greatly disappointed that
her Majesty did not partake of it. Prince Albert
asked Captain Hosken when ho intended to start
an his voyago across the Atlantic with tho Great
Britain. The Cuplain replied, “Either the latter
end uf July, or the beginning of August.” Thu
Piince asked another question, which elicited nn
evasive answer. He supposed that time was cho
sen that the equinox might he avoided. The Princo
has crossed one sea, and know* that such a vessel
as the great Britain would not be likely to live in
such severe gales as prevailed last September uud
October when so many ships wero lost. Cupt
Hosken, however, told the Prince that he merely
wished to muke two or throo voyages, as speedily
as possible, to convince the public of the safety of
tho ship Why convinco tho public 7 Has Cap
tain Hosken heard public opinion ? Does he know
then, that the British public have no confidence in
the safety of his ship? it would appear that he
doea know it, or he would not have told Prince Al
bert that he wished to convince the gullible public
that the ship was a safe one.
John Quincy Adams having received a volume
of Scott’s Commentary on the Bible from the pub
lisher at Philadelphia,in reply,said
•‘With my sincere thanks for your kind intention,
I must pray you to consider me a subscriber for the
book, and, to save the trouble of repeated payments,
enclose a check for the whole subscription—a
keneral principle of propriety interdicting my »c-
aptanco of articles of value whilo I am in Ihe pub-
service.”
bring Pumpkins.—Pumpkins for stuck era
[kept in a dry loft with a flooring quite open,
to allow the air to circulate as freely pos-
etwren them. Were it not that they lake
room, we ehould prefer storing in n
but usually, for want of this, whon *
bale be secured, they must be piled up-
la this case, we would recommend
ng pieced more than three or four deep.
It would seem thut rio foreign diplomatic agent
travels in .Mexico without being robbed. The ob.
ject of this proceeding is thus staled by n Wash
ington correspondent uf tiie New York Commer
cial Advertiser.—Baft. Amer.
Wo were more amused than surprised hero el
the story thin Mr. Elliott, the British charge d'af.
(aims, was robbed on his way to Mexico from Ve-
ruCrttz. Mexican robberies of public functiona
ries ure of an old (lute ttud always of a mysterious
character. Robbery is a part ol the system of
policoin Mexico, and public men have learned to
understand it. The object of the robberies is to
get possession, for tiie government, of the private
pnpers, political objects and ins'ruction* of the
functionary, and the Government invariably muke*
restitution of the money uud valuables fnken by
the robbers, if they unwarily, or of necessity, take
them.
Gen. Thompson was robbed on Itis way to Mex
ico. The Government immediately ottered him
ample amend*, but his papers were mil returned.
When Mr. Shannon went out, os Minister, he waa
warned that lie would be robbed between Vera
Cruz and Mexico, and advised to luke no money
with him. but to procure a hilt, as can niwuys be
done, at Vera Cruz, on Alexico. He did so. and
was duly robbed. The -Government offered its
condolence, and tendered indemnification to a large
amount.
When Mr. Cushing passed through Mexico, os
Itis return frein China, he wa* stopped by a troop of-
luilf military, half savage looking fellow*, who
demanded his key*, &c. They overhauled every
thing. His trunks with specie and wi;b public pa
pers was taken, and he was then told to proceed.
Commodore Porter, when they attempted to rob
him,on his return from Mexico, having hod toms
difficulties with that Government, and being in no,
humor for the operation, wheeled hie horra
upon the captain of the troop and shot him dead,
whereupon the rest took to flight.
Cases bu.ve been known wherein men of impor-
lance have been rubbed, according to order, and
upon tlteir arrival at Mexico, complained of llmir
large losses, nnd tiie Government, though welt
knowing that the lens was trifling, have restored
Ihe sum claimed. If the Government wishes to
gain n man, who ha* lost but twenty doubloon*,
they sny, you must have lost sixteen hundred doub,
loons, nnd if he assents they pay him accordingly.
1 do not intimate that this bus beon the case with
any of our functionaries.
tingh
larga
•r ia two largo heap*, lh*y
i re* rapidly. Wlwo frozen they may
‘ ilMg it**, bM they elwgM be coafc-
Curious Announcement—Th# following m
rather a peculiar mode in which to announce th*'
death of an aged citizen, but ise find It in uo ex
change paper, which chronicles the death of Mr".
N. Waterltuuse of Scat horn’. Me., 99 yean n'd
at the time of Id* deceuse s “IIu never owed ttsu
dollars at ouo lime iu hi* life, and was anxious to'
depart, thsi he might go to heaven and tee his da-
ceased wife with whom lie had lived sixty•»•**<»
Sm Siitk tape, the dideramm between »
ftod«*t.*d4lici«rt id near afcout t« gf**i*a »i
aud hard eidar-* u7a« a.
•Vf’mbw* 10 hU llp,, bu< mh * pl H atd wy.