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POETICAL.
THE ACCEPTED.
■r THOMAS maths* hailcv.
1 thank you for that downcast look.
And for that bltultiuK cheek ;
1 would not have you raise your eyes,
I would not have you speak.
Thou eh mute, I deem you eloquent.
And ask ao other Mgn ;
While thus vour lily hand remains
('oafidiugXy in mine.
I know you fain would hide from me
The tell-tale tears that steal
Unhidden forth, sad half betray
The ancioua fear you feel.
from friende long tried, and deeply loved,
The plighted bride must part.
Then truely weep—I could not love
A cold, ualeeling heart.
| know you love your cottage homo,
Whose inthe summer time,
Your hands have taught the clematis
Around the porch lo climb.
Your easement, with the old rose screen,
Your little garden too,
How many fond remembrances
Eudearthew all to you.
You sigh to leave your mother's roof.
Though oa my suit oho smiled,
And spurning wery selfish thought,
Gave up her darling child.
Sigh not for Iter, she now may claim
Kind deeds (Torn more than one—
She’ll gate upon liar daughter’s smiles
Supported by her son!
I thank you for that look—it speaks
Reliance on my truth,
And never shall unkiudnens wound
Your uaiuspecliug youth.
If fate should frown, and anxious thoughts
Oppress your husband's mind,
O.! never fear to cling to me—
I could not be uukind!
Though oft'iis galling as the slave's
Indissoluble link!
And look upon yon cliuroh, the place
Of blessing nnd of prayer,
Before the altar hear my vows;
Who could dissemble there !
Come to ray hone, your bird shall have
As tranquil a retreat;
Your dog shall find a retting place
And slumber at your feet.
And while you ait at evening,
Oh! let me hear you sing,
Or I shall think you cease to love
Your little golden ring.
WmrS
in the Letli
Ah
VOL. XXXVli;
MISCELLANEOUS.
CUSTOMS ABROAD.
A Chinese Wedding.—After the eldest had per
formed their devotions, the bride came slowly in,
supported by attendants, and went through tedious
gestures, and genuflections before the idol, with
out raising her oyes from the ground, or speaking.
Her rulto was both gorgeous and graceful, cover-
>"g her in luuse folds, so completely that neither
Iter feet nor hands could he seen. Beside the nu
merous ornaments and jewels, which bound up her
profuse ftuir, site wore several heavy necklaces of
sparkling jewels, apparently artificial. When she
iud finished, an elder plitced oil her Iteud a thick
wl,and she returned to her apartment. We now
•ailed fur (lie bridegroom, who “tarried” a little,
and the interval was enlivened by tea, sweetmeats,
hetel-nut, tStc. Three bands of music, European,
Malay, and Javanese, sent sounds of gladness
tlirough the balls and corridors ; the friends pass
'd “bout with smiles and greetings, tbo children in
tlieir guy apparel danced joyously, they knew not
•liy; all was natural and pleasing, hut the slow
‘ml extravagant movements of u Javanese dancing
(irliWhu, iu s corner of the porch, gained her pav
little regarded.
At length, it was heralded, "the bridegroom
coinetli,” and immediately many went forth to
rac et him. lie came with friends and priest, pre
ceded by another baud of music. His devotion-
Jmfuro the Jus, wore much sooner and more slight-
done titan those of the lady ; and he sat down
“iilt the priest, and u friend or two, in front ol
'■leslier, where hud been placed chairs, coveted
the occasion with loose drapery of etnbroidod
'eivet. Refreshments were handed, till • move.
•neitl front within announced the approach of the
''id'*; and all eyes wore turned to meet her.—
. Advanced very slowly to the centre, veiled, as
*11011 she rstireJ, anti, alter u few gestures by each
toward the other, the happy pair tat down logo'h-
°r: her face still invisible- Refreshment* aguinf \ vo ''
•'ilered, and each partook, but wklt evident a. tta-)
lad constraint. Presently she retired to Iter f C * <J
v'loiriber. followed by the bridegroom; aad most ol
‘'attest, dispersed ; but we were permitted with
•urns particular friends, tu enter with them. It
*»« doubtless a handsome mum in Chinese estima-
bet its decorations would acurcely please a
cslerti eye. The bedstead resembled a latticed
r ’ r J and from the roof within was suspended
|>utiful lamp of chased silver, burning with n
fettle light. Stunding in the middle of live room,
' e J renewed their {sowing, and passing from aide
j "I 1 '' * gravity and ledioosness almost lu-
tcroun, tiii he tinishedtlte ceremony by approach-
. lifting the well from her head. We were
i.i... MM ihoii lie had never seen her ! She
i*i hnr dcssa, and he utioiauped Die Cincture of' the
T,,i * »o Rk'ttle delicate,
*nd •iguiOcent, closed the ceremonial. He tlieu
returned to hi# own haute till evening, and every
guest retired—* cnpitul system, nilowing the bride
some repose, after the trying and tireaume cere,
niomea she had performed. Thie wai about four
f> clock. In the evening, n aumpluoua entettain.
otent was given to the friends of both parties ; af
t*r which the bridegroom remained as a eon at
laome.
Ihb Syrian Greek Women.—A traveller re
cently through Egypt, Arabia Peru, India, Turkey,
and Cxreece, speaks in tho following language of
Syrian Greek Women. b 8 6
The Syrian Greek women are, beyond compari-
eon, the loveliest in the world; we saw many of
those of Nszsrolh, who came down with their pitch
ers to the fountain of Nulior for water, in whom
were visibly united all that painter* may in vain
endenvor to picture—all that poets dream. Thoir
features combine the perfect proportion of the
Greek model, with the character and expression of
the daughters of Israel; their figures, the united
delicacy nnd voluptuousness of form which the
finest Grecian statues, possess. The costume of
those we suw this evening was well suited to its
wearers.
The long hair, which was plaited, fell over their
shoulders, and was in many instances ornamented
with great numbers of gold sequins and some
penrls; in others, flowers of brilliant hues repla-
ced the -'pearl and gold,” but all wore the full loose
trousers, drawn tight at the ankle (which, not un.
frequently, was encircled with silver bracelets);
tho petticoat reaching only to the knees, and the
upper vest open ul the breast—it is neither boddice,
tunic, nor jacket, but something between each.
The Poon.—Willis bus visited a poor-house in
England, and we extract a part of bis observations
upon what lie saw :
In another room we found ten or twelve very
old women, who were too decrepit! for work of any
kind. But they had laps left! And in each one’s
lap lay a baby ! The old knees were trotting with
the new-born of pauper mo.Iters, and but for its
dreadful uniformity—each old trunk grafted with a
bud, and trunks and buds dressed and swathed in
the poor-house uniform—this room, full of life’s
helpless extremities, would have seemed the hap
piest of all. They cuddled up their druling charges
as we approached the benches on which they sal,
and chirruped their toothless “tsup ! Isup! tsup !’’
as if each was proud of her charge. One of the
old women complained bitterly of not being allow,
ed to have a pinch of snuff. The reoson why, was
because the others would want it too, or demand
an equivalent, paupers being cared for by system.—
The unhappy and improvident creature had educa.
ted u superfluous wunl!
The sick rooms were marked with the same
painful neatness. Old people, disposed of to die,
economically tucked up in rows against the wall
with no person to come near them except the one
nurse to tho dozen, form a dreudful series. Real
ly there should bo some things sacred from classi
fication, Tho fifth acts of dramas, like whole hu.
man lives, should not pass like the shelving of
utensils that are one degree short of worthless. I
stood looking for a minute or two at an old man,
whoso only reply to, “ woll, how are you now V
was a hopeless lifting and dropping of the oyolids,
and I wondered whether a life was worth having
that had such possible terminations in its dark lot
tery
Mr. Bryant’s las', letter from England describes
his visit to the insane Asylum. The following is
a passage from it:
In his progress through the wards. Dr. Conolly
listened with great patience lo the various com
plaints of the inmates. One of them came up ond
told us that he did not think the method of the in
stitution judicious. “The patients,” said he, “ are
many of them growing worse. One in particular
who has been here for several weeks, I can see is
growing worse every day.” Dr. Conolly asked
the name of the patient—“I cannot tell,” said the
man, “but I can bring him to you.” •' Bring him
here, then,” said the doctor; and after a moments
absence he returned, leading up ono of the heal,
thiest and quietest luoking men in the ward. “He
looks better, lo he sure,” said the man, “but he is
really worse.” A- burst of laughter from the pa-
tients who stood by followed this saying, und one of
them looking at me knowingly, touched his fore
head, to intimate that the objector was Hot exactly
in his senses.
Cavern of the early Christians.—A cavern
remarkable in an urcltaoological point of view has
just been discovered nl about eight leagues from
Guelma. in Algeria, on the side of the Mlain moun
tains. It is hollowod out of an immense calcare
ous rock, and n circular entrance of seven or eight
yards in diameter, is about 400 yards in depth, and
runs from 1000 to 1200 yards in length, taking an
inclined direction, und requires thirty-five minutes
to reach its extremity. A thousand stalactites of
various forms udorn its inside, and the ground is
encumbered with a prodigious quantity of enorm-
ous blocks fullen from tbo vault. But what gives
its greatest interest is tho number of Latin insetip-
tions at the entrance. They are for the must part
illegible, but the name of Donatos is to ho decipher-
ed in more places than one. It belongs to the ear-
Her times of Christianity, as the names of unknown
martyrs appear, nnd there is no doubt Hie cavern
was the refuge of tho then Cltristiuns. The Arabs
have many fabulous legends on the subject, and
dread entering it, lest they should he seized and
detained by un evil genius or spirit. And yet it
wus un Arab, the Chick Deradji Ben Kerad, who
led some Frenchmen into this cave, the silence of
which has not been before disturbed for ages.
How to Learn thk Value op a Dollar.—
Render, says the Democratic Expositor, if you
would learn tite value of a dollar, go and labor two
_s in the hot sun, as a hod.carrier. This is an
excellent iduu, and if many of our young gentle
men had tu earn tlieir dollar that way, how much
less dissipation and fully and crime, would we wit.
nessevory day. So of fuslitonablo young ladies.
If they, like the poor widowed original of the song
of the shirt, hud tu earn their dollar by making
shirts at sixteen cents apiece, how much less foul
ish finery would we sec ubout them, and how much
more truthful notions would they huvo of tho tlu
ties of life, und tlieir obligations lo the rest of the
world.
Ridiculous Parisian Fashions;—The letter
writers from Paris state that the fashions in dress
nt present are the most ridiculous that cun be im
agined. Men uenr liny bats, with scarcely any
_MILLEDGKV1LLE, TUliSUAY, OCTOBER 31, IH45.
NO- 4
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. WHIT.
NEY,
Tne following letter from Mr. Whitney, address
ed to a friend of his in this city, contains some
further particular* relative to his trip, 1400 milos
up the river Missouri.
St. Louis, 20th Sept., 1840.
Dear Sir:—Wo were 42 days from Prairie du
Cltien to the Missouri. Wc passed through with
out a guide, or other protection than our number,
seven. We encountered severe hardships and
much fatigue ; wo saw not an Indian-till wo arriv.
ed tinlhe BunKs of tbo Missouri at the great bend,
where we come directly upon an encampment of
from 200 to 300 Lodges, of the Siuux tribes. Tho
traders and trappers tell hard tales of them, hut
they were civil und kind and so attentive that they
seemed lo want every nrlicle we had, us a memnri.
ul of us, though they were alwnys willing to gite
us some of their notions in exchange. Some of
their chiefs are real noblemen, 1 have nevorseen
finer looking men: and I may truly suy. thougli
savage none more gentlemanly. They feasted
mo, and consulted me about all their troubles and
difficulties. Some of litem seem to understand
their situation. They know tho difficulty of chang
ing their savage nnture and habits, lo industry and
civilized life; und they know that they mutt come
to it, or be exterminated. Tlieir old chiefs dosiro
a change, but the young bluod is wurm for scalps,
and difficult to manage. The whites who have
been among them have done more evil than good.
Like all the history of tha past, civilization has in-
traduced vice, intemperance, and but few virtues.
From Prairie du Cltien to tho Missouri we pass,
ed over a distance of more titan 500 miles; the
richest and most beautiful part of all creation
abounding in coals, iron and most excellent building
stone, lime and plaster; but a9 if nature seemed
unwilling to destroy or in the least to mar a face so
beautiful, all these are hidden under the earth, and
only show themselves where the water has washed
the soil from the Bluffis, ut tho banks of the many
rivors. The surface all through is almost a level,
undulaliny just sufficiently lb let off the water. All
this vast wilderness, without tha habitation of man,
produces the finest grasses for cattle, and when
cured, fine hay. No country better watered ;—
streams all britlgable at small comparative expense,
except the great, the grand Missippi and Missouri;
and I have found places where thoso two mighty
streams can bo bridgod. All that the settler wants
here is the plough, seed, tho scythe and sickle .—
a country made not only for tho garden, but f r
the grand thoroughfare of tbo vast world ; and
can we, when we huvu the ways and means with
out co.t or expense, hesitute fur a moment to make
the whole world tributary to ns—to draw its vast
commerce into our lap—to provide a home for, and
to educate to industry and virtue, millions of our
fellow men who are now in ignorance, nakednoss
and starvation 1 Evory day I see more and more
the extent of benefits, not only to our country, but
to all mankind, from this great work ; and I also
see my way more clear for its accomplishment, and
feel more sure uf success. At the Great Bend
we exchanged our horses with tho Indians for
some of their traps, and for a log canoe, in which
wo embarked upon the waters of tho Missouri.—
We hired u man lo gnido the canoe, making our
number 8; our canoe being but 21 foot long,—av
erage width about 3,—so that we were much crow
ded and over loaded. The stream, though rapid,
was not sufficient, and wo were obliged to take
our turns at the oar. Two of our number being
incapacinted, the whole labor fell upon tho other
five and our men, so that we had sufficient exer
cise in a broiling sun for from 4 to 5 hours each,
duily. The river is rupid, shallow,—in some pla
ces 18 to 20 inches,—bottom, quicksand, channel
full uf snags, constantly changing, and very dan.
gerous pf navigation. I think it can never be do.
pended upon for commercial purposes. We took
what provisions our canoe allowed room for, and
depended upon the rest for the game we might kill,
which we did not find abundant; on the contrary
we passed days and days without seeing any.—
Some times our last morsel was gone, but we were
supplied. We passed thus in our frail rocking bark
to Belloview, 730 miles, making loss than 50 miles
daily. Nights we encamped on tho banks of tht
river, or on some sand bar in the river. We were
often compelled to got into the river and pull our
canoe round and ovor a sand bur under water,
which was not as you may suppose, a pleasant nav
igation. About 300 miles down the river we full
in with two men from California, who had passed
down the river alone from above our pluce of em.
barkatinn. They had been much annoyed and
chased by the Indians; desired tu accompany us.
After the second day, as our canoe was overloaded,
they proposed to take two of our number in theirs,
which we assented to. and which enabled us lo in.'
crease our speed. The canoe in passing a rapid
filled with snags became unmantigable. The four
persons were thrown intu u rapid and deep stream.
Tnrce saved themselves by clinging to and getting
upon the snags ; one held fast to tho overturned
canoe. In our canoe wo had great danger in pass-
ing. As we could not get to the litree on the snags,
wo mado for nnd suved the man floating down
stream with the canoe. Then, with great effort
and muclt hazard, wo saved our suffering eompatt.
ions from the snags. Our young gentlemen be
haved nobly; did nut slop at any hazard; and one
in particular, threw himself, without regard to dan
ger, into the dangerous, rolling foaming waters.
Other than this, tho incidents were hut a variety
of labor, wet, and laiigue nnd some hunger.—
Belleview is 30 miles below Council Bluffs. Here
wo hnd hoped to find a steam boat. We continu
ed on, after taking inn fresh stock of provisions,
(of which we thereafter had sufficenl) till llto boat
passed us in going up. Wc still continued till her
return, 130 miles below Belleview, where site, the
Gen. Brooke, look us on board, and brought us
sumc 130 miles; then wo took our canoe 10miles
to St. Josephs, a small village, the first ono on the
river down. From St. Josephs tve took wagons to
Weston. 40 miles, und six above Fort Deavenwurlh
where we look the steamor John Golong for this
place, a distance of 500 miles, making in all 1400
miles we have voyaged upon this mighty stream.
I shall remain here a few days, then pass
through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania,
und hope to he with you by the middle of next
month. Truly Yours,
A. WHITNEY.
i, . ow iisu never seen net : ...... — j j
niietl.snd sat without raising her *?«•; heholr' brims ; coats almost without tails; trousers with
r* ,0l «*»co of the thing—she wee exquisitely out strap*, and about a yard wide at. tho ankles ;
“""Rifitl. A repast followed, shared by them-/ tremendous waistcoats, of the fashions and dimen-
j 6 * »lon» ; and probably forming tbo rertfylng I slooa worn in the year of grace 1745 ; enormous
ef tho solemnity, as 1n Burmah. Fifty watch ribbons,bearing ponderous bunchesof seals.
!?** or '"“re were before them, a few of which
J listed with silver forks; but ofeourae the oc-
t.k!“" "** 'oo ethereal la be aebattntirted by veri.
,1, and drinking. When they reae from
'•Me. the bridegroom, aided by bis eeevant, fc*
°“»r fob*, which had been worn u ■
Mcaremon*. and threw it on tho bed, M it
The ladica wear robe* fitting tight to the body, and
buttoning up to the chin like a soldier’s jacket, pa
letots fastened iu every respect like those of men,
only mede of silk; nnd bonnet* resembling corpu
lent and apoplectic coal scuttles. There i* no cav
ing what some people may not Ho, to be thought
exclusively fashionable; and there iano disputing
ike truth, that ail silly people in this way do not re
side in Franco.
It appears by the following from the Red River,
La., Republican, that General Gaines and his gal
lant lady have commenced running their claims up
on some of the interior country uf Louisiana, as
well us tho great city. May they receive every
rood rightfully theirs.—Mem. Eagle-
The Red River Republican slates that Gen.
Gaines and his wife, Mrs. Myra Gainot, have laid
claim, under the succession ef the late Daniel
Clarke, lo a large and valuable tract of land on
Bayou Beoulf, comprising a front of at loaat 20
mile* on laid bayou, oil of tho moil ohoice land,
in high cultivation. The claim covers thirty of
the beit plantations in the State. By the tax list,
the lands it includes are assessed at $463,035. On
the land* there are 1967 slaves, and about 10.000
bales of cotton raised annually. All the present
possessors hava been notified of the In.titution of
the salt for the recovery of the land* they occupy.' . of tl»« Constitution by the
THE CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS.
We received through a friend at Galveston a co
py of the Constitution ol Texns. In most of its
essential feuiurea it resembles those of the old
States of tho Union. Wo hot row a synopsis ol'its
principal pruvisions from the Picayune :
Every free male person, twenty-one years of
age, who shall be a citizen of the United States, or
who is, at tho time of the adoption of the Texas
Constitution by the Congress of the United Stales,
a citizen of the Republic of Texas, ami shall have
resided in the State one year next ptecedingnn
election, and tho Inst six months within tho Dis
trict, county, city or town in which he offers to vote
(Indians not taxed, Africans and descendants of
Africans excepted] is to be deemed a qualified
elector.
The term of offico of members of the House is
two years, nnd the sessions of tho Legislature are
biennial. To he eligible to the House, one must
bo a citizen of the United States, or, nl the time of
the adoption of tho Constitution, a citizen of the
Republic of Texas nnd an inhabitant of the State
for two years next preceding his eluclion, nnd the
last year thereof a citizon of the county, city, or
town for which he shall bo chosen, und have attain
ed the age of twenty one years at the lime of his
election.
Tite term of the Senators is four years, and they
are to be divided into tivoclusses, so that one hnlf
may be choson biennially. The additional quulifi-
cation for Senators, is tu have been an inhabitant
for three yenrs, and to be thirty years of age.
No minister of the Gospel or priest is eligible to
the Legislature.
Tite Executive is to nominato the Judges of tho
Supreme and District Courts, and with tho advice
of two-thirds of the Senate, commission them for
six years.
Tho Attorney General is appointed in tho same
manner and holds his commission for two years.
The Governor is to hold his offico lor two years
and shall not be tligible for more than four years
in any term of six years. His other qualifications
are like a Senator’s. Tho salary of the first Gov
ernor is to he $2,000, and no more. He can hold
no oilier office or commission, civil or military.
No minister of the Gospel is required lo perform
militnry duly, work on reads,or serve on juries.
The oath uf office is performed, that in addition
to the usual provisions, one must swear that since
the adoption of tho Constitution he has not fought
a duel within or without llto State ; nor sent or
accepted u challenge ; nor any way aided or as
sisted any person thus offending.
And all who shall offend, (by fighting a duo!, ac
cepting a challenge, &c..) ufterllie adoption of the
constitution, shall ho deprived of holding any office
of trust or profit.
In all elections by tho people >ho vote is to be by
ballot, till ilia Legislature otherwise direct ; in
elections by the Senate or tho House, (except their
own officer,] the vote shall be viva voce.
No member of Congress, nor person holding of.
fice under tho United States or either of them, or
a foreign power, is eligible to the Legislature, or
can hold office under the Stale.
The laws aro lo bo revised five yenrs after the
adoption of llto Constitution and published ; nnd
the same repeated every ton years thereafter.
No lottery can be authorized by the State, and
the buying and soiling of tickets is prohibited.
No divorce can be granted by tho Legislature.
All property, both real nnd personal of the wife,
owned or claimed by her before murriago, nnd that
acquired afterwards by gift, devise or descent.shall
be her separate property f'and laws shall bo pass,
ed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in
relation us well to her sopnrate property as that
held in common with her husband. Lnws shall
also bo passed providing for llto registration of tite
wife’s separate properly.
All claims, locations, surveys, grants and titles
to lands, which aro declared null and void by the
Constitution of the Republic of Texas, are, and
the same shall remain forever, null and void.
No corporate body shall he created, renewed or
extended, with hanking or discoonliog privileges.
No private corporation shall be created, unless
tho bill creating it ahull bo passed by two.thirds of
botii houses of the Legislature ; and two-thirds of
(lie Legislature shall have power to revoke und re
peal a|l private corporations, by muking compensn
tion for the franchise. And tite State shall not be
part owner of the slock or property belonging lo
uny corporation.
Tho Legislature shall prohibit by law individu
als from issuing bills, checks, promissory notes, or
other paper to citeulate as money.
The ordinance passed by the Convention on the
4lli day of July last, assontiog to llto overtures of
tho Annexation of Texas to tho United States,
shall bo attached to tho Constitution, and form it
port of the same. This must be continually borne
in mind, as tho creation of new States is therein
provided for,
The city of Austin is assigned as the seat of go,
vernmenl until 1850, ufior which it is to be located
by the people, by a vote to bo taken in March, in a
mode pointed out.
The Supremo Court has appellate jurisdiction
only; the District Courts have jurisdiction butlt in
law and equity ; and iu all cases in equity, either
party may claim a trial by jury.
The pardoning power is vested in tho Executive
except incases of treason and inpenchinent. The
Governor possesses the veto power, qualified, how.
ovor, as in the United States Constitution;
In no case can tho Legislature authorize tho is.
sue of irensnry warrants or treasury notes, or pa
per of any description, to circulute us money.
Tho Legislature has power tu protect by law,
from forced sale, a certain portion uf llto property
of all heads of families. The homestead of n
fuinily not to cxcuod two hundred acres uf land,
(not included in a town or city.) or any (own or ci
ty lot or lots, in vnluo not to exceed $2000, shall
not bo subject to forced sale for any debts hereaf
ter contracted ; nor shall the owner, if a married
tnan.be at liberty to alienate the same, unless by
the consent of the wife, in such manner as tite
Legislature tnay hercaftor point out.
Taxuliou is lo be uniform throughout tha Slate;
the Legislature may pass an income tax, and it tnay
exempt from taxation $250 worth of tho household
furniture or other property belonging to each fam
ily in the State.
The Legislature cannot contract dobts to exceed
in the aggregate the sum of $100,000, except in
case of war, to repel invasions, or suppress insur
rection ? and in no oaso shall any amount be bor
rowed, except by a veto of two lhirds of both hous
es uf the Legislature.
Ample provisions aro mode for education.
Tite vote upon the adoption of the Constitution
is to be viva voce. Should it appeur from the re
turns tu have been adopted, the president on or be.
fore tiio second Monday in November next is to
sident is t„ convene the Slate Legislature, when
the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor,
dec., tire to he counted, and the persons elected at
once instulled.
The Legislature shall proceed as early at prac.
ticuble loeluct Senators to represent the State in
the Senate ol the United Slates ; and alsn provide
fur tho election of Representative* to the Congress
of the United Slate*.
The President of Texas, immediately after the
inauguration of the Governor, is lo deliver to him
all Die records, public money, documents, archives,
and public property of every description whatso
ever, under the control of the Executive branch uf
tho Government; and the Governor shall dispose,
of the same in such manner as the Legislature
may direct.
The first general election for Governor, Lieu,
tenant Governor, and members of the Legislature
after the organization of the Government, shall
take plucu on the first Monday in November, 1837
and sltull bo held bienniully thereafter, on the first
Monday in November, until otherwise provided by
the Legislature; und the Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor elected in December next, shall
hold tlieir offices until the installation in office of
the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to bo elec-
ted in the year 1847;
INTERESTING FACTS.
The population of tho enrllt is estimated at ono
thousand millions. Thirty millions die annually,
eighty.two thousand daily, three thousand and four
hundred und twenty-one every hour, and fifty sev.
en every minute.
In Greeco it was the custom at meals for the two
sexes always to eat separately.
Tite Romans lay on couches at tlieir dining ta
bles on tlieir left arm, eating with tlieir right.
It is estimated 245,000 persons liuve been nnnu.
ally killed in battle, for the Inst four thousand years
to say nothing of the wounded. *
Noah’s Ark was 547 English feet long; 91
broad, und 54 high.
The wulls of Ninevnlt were 100 feet high, and
thick enough for three chariots abreast.
Babylon was 60 miles within the walls which
were 75 feet thick nnd 300feel high.
Tho (urgest pyramid is 481 leet high.
A clean skin is as necessary to health ns food.
0*i one of the peaks of the Alps there is o block
uf granite weighing by estimate, 131.508 tons, so
nicely balanced on its centre of grnvity, that a
single man may give it a rocking motion.
Vinegar boiled with myrrh or camphor, sprin
kled in a room, corrects putridity.
Hops entwine to the loft, and beans to the right.
Gold may be beaten into leaves so thin that 280-
000 would be un inch thick.
Tho earth is 9,910 miles in diameter, and 21,-
880 miles round.
Forests of standing trees liavn been discovered
in Yorkshire, England, and Ireland, imbedded in
stone.
Fossil remains on llto Ohio provo that it was
once covored by theseu.
When tho sea is a bluo color it is deep water,
and when green shallow.
A map of China, made 1,000 years before Christ
is still in existence.
The 14th day of January, on an average of
years, is the coldest day in'the year.
Iu water, sound passes at the rate of 4,700 feet
per second.
A hand used for horses is four inches.
Ezekiel's reed was 10 I’eot 11} inches long.
There are 2,500 known species of fishes.
Perfectly white ents ure deaf.
Tite hones of birds ore hollow, nnd filled with
air instead of marrow.
A single house fiy produces in ono season 20,.
080,320.
In tho human body there nru 340 hones.
There is Iron enough in the blood of 42 men to
make 50 horse shoes, each weighing hulf pound.
A man is toiler in tho morning by half an inch
than ho is at night.
Water is the only universal medicine; by it nil
diseases may be alleviated or cured.
About tliu* age of 30, it is said the lean man be
comes fatlor and the ful man leaner.
The atoms composing a man arc believed to be
changed every 48 days, and the bones in a few
months.
"I MARK ONLY TUB HOURS THAT SlIINR. TIlO
above, if wo rightly remember, is the inscription
on a sun-dial in Itnlv. It inculcates n beautiful
lesson which loo many are prono to disregard. It
would tench us to remember tbo bright days of life,
and not lo forget the blessings God is giving ns.—
Life, it is true, is not all bright and beautiful.—
But still it lias its lights n9 well as its shades, and
it is neither wiso nor grateful to dwell ton much
upon the dnrker portions of the picture, lie who
looks upon the bright sitlo of life, and makes tho
best of everything, will, wo think, oilier things be
ing equal, be n brighter and happier man, than
those who, ns Franklin snys, “are ulwuys looking
nt tho ugly leg,” and find occasion for complaint
nnd censure in almost every thing thoy meet
with.
issue his proclamation, directing and requiring
elections to be holden on the third Monday in De
comber noxt, for the office of Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, and members of the State and House
of Representatives of the State Legislature, in ac
cordance with llto appointment of represeutaiioo
directed by Die Constitution
A Practical Joke.—As two friends wore walk
ing up Williuttt street, just before sun.down, n few
days ago, (snys the Boston correspondent of the
N. Y. Star,) ono remarked lo the other, “I’ll bet
you a Leary that I will catch you before you can
get to the church on the corner, (two hundred ynrds
off.) and give you hulf the distanco uheod. “Done,”
cried the other, and half tite distance being walked
off, the runner cried “ready,” and started like u
streak of lightning for tho goul. “Slop thief! stop
that long-legged thief!” was roared in a voice of
thunder. The runner saw through the trick, hut
still kept on,hoping to win, befure his arrest; but
another “stop thief!” turn evory person ahead of
him round, and his further progress wns checked.
Bite joker came up, relieved the person lie hud
caused to be made a prisoner so unceremoniously,
and the two walked off arm.in-arm. Tho winner
not only generously refuses tho hat but declare that
he will present his friend with a superb castor, for
the good nature with which he submits to tho
joke.
Scene in a School Room.—'• First class in
philosophy, come up. lchitbod, what nro the prop,
erties of heat J”
“ The properties of lioat is to baku bread, bilo
water, cook eggs, nnd”
"Stop—next. VVItnl ure the properties of heat?"
“Tho properties of heut is to warm your toes,
when they gets cold, by holding ’em to the firo, and
ro forth,”
“Next. What ure the properties of heat, So.
Ion ?"
“The chief properties of heat is that it expends
bodies, while cold contracts them."
••Very good, Solon. Can you give an example?”
“Yes, sir. In summer when it is hot, the day
Is long ; in winter, when.it U cold, it gel* lo be va
ry short.”
“Go to the head, Solon : boys, take your seals
and the learned pedagogue was lost in wonder, that
Sk«*«*tasRl
Ainoax Inr a
Aadthaaghua
Uka night («■
Aad musle's ■
Thrill’* lei
Holt a* tha twiUgH
OreadaneaaarMrda;—.
Bo soft, 1’ra taaalad is ibaj
la's a*irU,«lMr
,lB »*r (Saita*
a twilight Ibaat
* * * * * * -
* * *
I have hoard of a man who threatened 1
face fora libel upon his ebtraetwt—**
man must have been Prentiea. There to
feature uf his face at all expressive of say —.
particular—tu eye which flash**.with tW : l
of genius, but 1* almost lost in tha j
which surround it. He could have t'
high on the list of poets, but he eraT.
»f Po'i'ics, and the iphemeral tlfSSSTStEZ
tisun editor—a species of worldly wisdom much to
be rogretled by all lovers of poetry.
[From the N. Y. Jew. of Coat.]
An Lxtraordinart Fact.—An old man died
last summer in Pori* at the advanced age of eighty
five, who wns a perfect miser. He came to Paris,
accompanied by his son, about three years since!
in the most abject stn'e of poverty. They depen
ded entirely upon tha charily of their neighbor* for
subsistence, and were in the daily habit of begging
from door lo door for something lo support them.
Out) of liui neighbors, having missed seeing ibtolj
man lor a few days, went in search of him, and
found him just breathing hi* last in a miserable ho-
vel destitute of every necessary. He was lying
on a heap of straw in one corner of the hut, with 6
out any covering. In the tamo place we* his eon.
ubout sixteen year* old, with scarcely a rag to cdf
or him, crying most piieou*ly. On asking the rea.
son, he said his father had been without any food
for tnote than two days, and that he had not asous
to purchase any. Observing near the straw*
large iron bound chest he inquired what it contain
ed, the son replied that his father had told him it
was full of iron. Ho then proposed selling it, and
having procured a key, they opened it; but whet
was tlieir astonishment on finding it filled with
gold pieces (coins of Louis lflth) instead of iron,
amounting in all to ono hundred and fifty thousand
francs, ($30,000.) It wus supposed the Old own
had accumulated this large sum by begging. Hia
son became almost insane on the receipt of this
fortune, but lie amply rewarded the neighbor who
had assisted him.
The Public Lands —The Washington Union
says that Hie public lands subject to sale at this
lime, are included in the following States and Ter
ritories, to wit: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, Arkan
sas, ami Florida, and the Territories of Iowa and
Wisconsin. The whole amount of publio lands
sold in 1844 was 1,754.120 acres; the proceeds of
which uinouiitcd to $2,205 850. The largest n*
mount of sales was mode in Illinois, being 480,-
410 ucros—showing the rspld growth of that
young Statu. Tho smallest quantity was sold in
Florida, being 14,714 ncres—owing doubtless, to
tho recent difficulties with the Indluos in that Ter
ritory. Missouri ranks next lo Illinois in the a-
mount of sales, being 449,531 acre*. From the
1st of January until tho 31st of August, 1845, be
ing eight months, the saies in all the States and
Territories already specified amounted to 1,084,.
400 acres ; the proceeds of which amounted to 1,.
382.050. Here,aguin, the largest amount of sales
has been mode in Illinois; the next in Wisconsin
Territory ; and tbe smallest in Florida. The
whole amount of sales for 1845, if proportionate,
will about equal the sales of 1844/
Indian Eloquence.—Wo see recorded a bold
figure of speech, used at the great cbuncil of the
Seneca Nation, held last week near Buffalo. Tho
subject of removing these Indians aoross the Mis
sissippi being under discussion, several chiefs in
sisted that the whites had not kept to the term* pro*
mised to the bands of Iroquis which had already
migrated lo Green Bay, from this State. One In
dian speaker, John Mitten, said ‘that he wished tore-
main near the graves of his fathers, till the Great
Spirit called him home; that he had not confidence
in h:s white father; why should he have 1 HI*
while fathers had murdered their Saviour, and what
kind of treatment could a poor Indian expect from
men who had killed the son of God t”
A Good Reason.—A Locofuco paper, which it
endorsed by tho Washington Journal, mukes the
futluwing queer confessions ;
“Graduates of Colleges are in nearly nine cases
out of ten Whigs. So natural is it for them to
cast their political fortunes with that parly that we
have frequently been surprised at the result of our
own ohssrvntiun of the fuel, while unable to ac
count for it. As incredible as it may seem, wr
never yet have been acquainted with a Presbyteri
an clergyman who was n Democrat. They have
been Witigs universally ; nnd it is well known that
nearly nr quite all of the clergyman of that denom
ination are graduates of Colleges. Observation
will also demonstrate (he fact that a large majority
of our professional men of all classes are of tho
sutne political caste, pailicularly of those who have
been run through those machines for making young
uristocrats.”
We have always believod that the better educat
ed and more onlightened a citizen might be, tho
mure surely would lie be a Whig. This is the first
time, in our experience, thul a Locofoco editor has
buen frank enough to acknowledge a fact so incon-
teslioly condemnatory of the principles and char
acter of his own party.—North American.
An odd Problem.—There was a famous pro.
blent among the Stoics, culled >he Psendomcnot,
which was lo this purpose :—When a man *ays,
•I lie,’ does he lie, or does he nut t If he liee, ha
spouks truth; if he speaks trtun he liee.* Many
were tite hooks that their piiilosophere wrote in or
der to solve this problem. Chrisippu* favored the
world with no fewer thunsix ; and Philoias studied
himself to death iu his attempts to solve it.
Home.—There is a world where no storme in
trude, n Imven of safely against the* tempesti of
life. A little world of.joy and love, of fnnocetico
and tranquillly. Suspicions are not there, nor jeAl*
| ousies, nor falsehood with her double longue, nor
the venom of slander. Peace emhracetn it with
outsproad wings. Plenty broodelh there. When
a man enlercth it. lie forgntelh hit sorrow*, pad
I cares, and disappointments ; he openeth his been
( to confidence, and to plcasuro not mingled with ro*
morse. This world is Hie well orddred home of a
virtuous and nmiuble woman.
Upon, receiving intelligence of tho acceptance ao familiar ao instance of illustration should have
~ ' t U. 8.Congress, the Pie- escaped hit philosophic mind.
Value of Real aad Personal Property in Ntto
York City.—The assessed valuation uf real and
prrsontil property iu the city nf New York for
1845. amount* to $177,160,790. The valuation
qf 1844 was $171,936,501, au that there to ad in-
crease uf ilia value uf real estate ia every Ward
except the Firtr, where there to a dteliue of $538,.
006. Tite valuation of personal property to $63..
777,627 94. while that for 1944 was estimated*'
$04,033,456 811.