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EtIfSOItUTIQBf
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®l)e Columbus Winter.
FORSYTH & JOHNSTON, editors]
The following lines are from tiie pen of
our correspondent, who favored iis a week
or two since with the “Pioey Woods Star
er.” We shall be glad to hear ftorii him
more frequently.
Thoughts suggested by the Death of an amia
ble young Lady.
We have seen tkifcairong man fail,
The glorious d in,
The cheek in defctb grow pale,
And we have wept
We have seen the
The beautiful of
- gifts o! promise
Jus’ bursting into >
We have felt that edn^^hflvain,
Beside the
How weak life’s *rttißHHMpr
How impotent to
Vet with (he fyyilL
Hath passed the iiopreWdf ijMStitr.
Our Hopes are reared ori
Our joys a less Ilian dream—
A ope of sand ur (rust—■
Our life a meteor gleam ;
Its bjrth, its death a tear—
Its trouble and its peace,
A moment miiigle^here,
And in that moment cease.
Hope after Hope retires
And pleasuies puss away,
But till the spark expires.
We trust the fitful ray,
And bowed to earth, b’ nd not abovo
The oft crushed yearnings of our luvo.
To smile—Ms but to wear
Deceit o’er sorrows cup—
’To veep—’’is but to beat
Life’s common burdi-H up—
To Hope—*tis bm the bloom
\Ve wfea'h around decay—
To love—’tifl but to doom
The loved to pass away.
What heart t hat Inth not knelt
To desolations power ?
What soul that ha:h not felt
In stern bereavements’ hour,
That not to earth’s da k path is given
One rav to win its love from Heaven.
April 22, 1845. F.
TIME STILL MOVES ON.
Time still moves on, with noiseless pace,
And we are loiterers by the way ,*
Few win and many lose the race,
For which they struggle,duy by day;
And even when the goal is gained,
How seldom woith Ihe toil it seems!
How lightly valued, when obtained,
The prize that Haltering Hope esteems!
Submissive to the winds of
We tosHon Life’s
This billow may our butk ndvawßp^
And that may leave it on the lee ;
This coast, whictrrifces fair to view,
May thick be set with rocky mail,
And that, winch b etleso’er ihe blue,
lie saiestfor the shuttered sail.
The cloud that, like a little hand,
blow lingers when the morning shines,
its volume o’er the land,
Dark is a forest-sea of pines;
Whi e tliat whitch casts a vapory screen
Before the azu e realm oi day.
Rolls iijUvaad fom the lowland n ene,
And trout the mountain-tops away.
Oh, fond deceit! to think the flight
Os uiie will lead to pleasures strange,
And evil h ing snlo new delight.
To minds that strive an I KigHlMiange;
VY th n ourselves the secret liSflH
Let seasons vary as they
OUr htHria would murmur, iskies
Were bri a hi us those of Eden still!
[Maditonian.
Wr ’ MISCELLANY.
Hfc.LEGHA.NY.
The rßHraph' a (B° er ’ ‘ n l *' e af'cle we
copy below, the happiest vein
the Oldbncks nfflKmyjakk. A name which
Mr. Irving they have
Jseli ‘ We are not
I spliced ui Hr eilUr for a poetical or
a Columbia; which Mr.
irefiralPßß'iself so greatly contributed
to ailljmte with the loftiest heroism, has
itiore (BSlic ebarm for us than the tiile of
the “primordial” aminomadic tribe of the
Historical Society. But we do not retd|j|
suppose our antiquarian friends to he serj£jM|
in their proposition. They are, we dou|lg
not, fine old learned gentlemen, like our
friends Monkbarns ; and, when not in their
dreamy speculations about “primordial races;’
would be the last men in the world to sur
render the name given to the country by the
founders of ouf empire, in the times that
tried men’s souls ; a name which has been
sanctified by their blood) and associated with
every patriotic feeling;
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Our anonymous country.—The learned
Historical Society of New York, desirous of
earning a name for themselves, have adopted
an expedient well fitted to promote their ob
ject; This expedient is the declaration, that
our country is anonymous, and a proposition
to borrow a name from the
tains, and rail it Alleghania. p
sMkjp render the learned
Pggoals of wit and honor, unH
Hnose of science and
cesjfcno snakes ; that’s all;’’* “the fep-1
the tars, we may now say
learned society, “their name’s up; ikk
may lie abed till noon, as the saying \4fSmf
such will certainly render them
“ Hatred to ridicule their whale life long,
Atfl|a gad burden of some ir.erry song.”
i‘‘The udired States of Alleghania 1 1” Ha I
Ok! ! They tell us that they cannot expect
new views of the subject, as “since
of our national existence,
[Was engaged the attention of some of oflr
most eminent and patriotic citizens.” The
learned society are very unjust to themselves
in thus disclaiming any new views of the
ject ; for though Washington Irving first
suggested the title of Alleghania, * yet (hey
first suggested that this term was derived
from a race who inhabited the continent bo
foru the Indians, and whom they designate as
“that primordial race, more ancient than our
nomadic tribes, beyond which no Indian tra
dition can go ; that wide-spread people,
w hose mysterious history, dimly shadowed
by their vast mounds In the wilderness, calls
up so many images of durability, of power,
ot wide embracing sway; images to which our
progress of empire lias given new vitality.”
Tins discovery is honor enough for one socie
ty, in one decade of centuries. Columbus
did something in discovering the continent.
But the learned society have exceded the
great Genoese, in tracing names used by ex
isliug races of men, to races who have left no
traces of their language !
4d the subject “has engaged the atten.
tion, since the commencement of our nation
al existence, of some of our most eminent
and patriptic oilmens.” This is true ; for it
did engage tfic attention of such rpen at the
very commencement of our national exis
tence. The continental Congress, in their
very first act of nationality, bestowed particu
lar'attention upon the subject. and adopted,
as a national name. “The United States of
America.” They were not ashamed of it,
and therefore did not offer it to the world as
a name for consideration, but boldly pro-
the union of tiik states, and the sovereignty of thjS: states.
claimed it as a proud name in the declaration
of independence. John Hancock and his
fellow “signets” were considerably “emi
nent and patriotic and therefore we of the
Ledger shall be satisfied with the patronymic
which they adopted till a bettfer be proposed
by a betler set of fellows. A Yankee dealer
in wooden nutmegs, wooden clocks, tin dip
pers, and Suffield indigo, all the way trout
Connecticut; once attempted to persuade an
honest butch farmer of Schoharie, Schate
coke, Kanterekil), Kinderhook, Poughkeep
sie, or someone of those euphoirous Dutch
settlements, to change his name ; and as an
argument, he said that he had applied to the
“gineral court,” and got his own changed
from Azariah to Augustus, and that of his
wife front Rachel toßacliellina,“in less than
no time, and without costing a darned rent.”
Mynher Deiderich Ten Eyck Ten Broek
Van Schoevenliovenhuysen indignantly re
plied that he was named after his father,
grandfather, and great grandfather, and would
not change Ins name if it tiasclit Oil Roy.
We commend Mynheer’s filial piety, and
therefore slick to the continental Congress,
in spile ol the Historical Society ol N. York.
But let us consider the reasons of the
learned society for anew baptism of our
country. We have heretofore considered
two ; one being that our revolutionary name
is not Single ; the other, that it is no longer
distinctive, because it has been borrowed by
others. In addition, the learned society say,
“we want a sign ol our identity ; utterance
of our nationality ; a watch word entire na
tional than that of the States, more powerful
than that of party. We desire to see writ
teti in the pages of the world’s history, one
name in which no other people shall have
part or lot, that shall signify to the Old
World the great republic beyond the ocean.”
Wo really supposed that the continental
Congress had supplied all these deficiencies.
The** had a sign of identity; they gave ut
terance to Lheif nationality in the term of
American. With them this term was “more
national than that of States, more powerful
titan that of party.” And thanks be given
to them for it, and to General Washington
and his companions, our name has been
written oh the pages of the world’s history,
and its brightest pages too, in which no other
people have part or lot, and which does signi
fy to the Old World the great republic beyond
the ocean. And that name is “The United
States of America.” But the Mexicans have
adopted it ! The Peruvians and Paraguay
ans have borrowed it! And have their adop
tions and borrowings obscured the title ol
the rightful owners 1 Does any European or
other foreigner, who had read the history of
tlie New World, confound the people of thfc
United Statdsof America with Mexicans or
Peruvians 7 No. The term American im
ports, among nil who have read sucli history,
or who know that our nation exists, some
thing exclusively appertaining to “ the Uni
ted Stales of America to the country of
Washington. Whoever calls himself an
American in Europe, does not suggest a
doubt whether lie is a Canadian, a Mexican,
a Colombian, a Peruvian, or a citizen of tiie
United Stales of America. That he belongs
to the latter is always understood by the
term American ; and if, after calling hunseit
an American, he would designate any other
nationality than ours, he nui6t specify himself
as a Canadian, Mexican, Brazilian, or what
eVer else he be. To exhibit our supposed
difficulty, the learned society quote the term
European, and sav that nobody can tell whe
ther it means an Englishman, a Frenchman,
a German, or a member of any oilier Euro
pean nation. We admit this. But if the
a extended their empire over al
a.aa of Europe, had given tcJtaatr
name of Europe.
Europeans, and had still Wj
eaibiNitne; they would now have
advantage over theiemcighbors ; for, with
out additions, Eupqpe would mean Italy, and
Europoans won Idmtea.n Italians, and English
and French and in calling tliem
blelves Europeans, would be compelled to spe-
Frjfy, and say English Europeans, French
Europeans, German Europeans. This case,
lupJA the Italians for illustration, is
the Americanuß
and Mnßoans, PmShSk Canadians, BrSl
zilians; and thcmseivly
Americans, are specify, and add
Spanish, British, Portuguese, Mexican, or
other designating adjectives. America arid
American alone, signify the great republic,
fhd great confederacy, the BMHkAnterican
hiWß'i, the United States of If this
be a source of mortification, wMKve no ob
jection to being thus mortified.
Some Joe Miller col lection contains a good
atoty in point, obce called on
Marshal general of
Louis XVI, “is Vi liars at
•home 7” “Villars the porter, “yon
might at least give my master his title;”
“Polt 1” replied the Gascon, “whoever heard
of Marshal Ctesar or Marshal Pompey?”
The Gascon was right. £>uch names need
no Adjectives j and in mentioning Cattsar and
Pompey in connection with history, we afe
nut obliged to specify, to distinguish one
from a Newfoundland dog, and the other ftom
a bull terrier. By the same rule America
and Americans are sufficiently descriptive of
our land and its people, wituout the use of
adjectives. We leave the ajUgctives to those
who borrow our name; seif-leas
ed, self-supported, substantial nationality,
means us, and td arty-
of these two classical natne*%upon dogs de
stroys the Itisthe two great
Romans, then tlYßMwlGVcities of anti
quity will tumble info hilWfical oblivion, un
less propped by adjectives ! for the New
Yorkers have founded villages and called
them Carthage, Rome, and Utica. O, Jeru
salem ! Jerusalem ! Even the fairest of thy
names must be blotted from the sacred re
cord ! For Ihe men of the Bay Staje have
bestowed it upon Witchtown, and it is called
Salem,.even to this day ! Is it not written in
the book of Hutchinson 7
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
It is well for Mr. Tallinadge, our former
Senator, and recently removed by President
Polk irora the Governorship of Wisconsin,,
that he is in a distant region of the
where no very loud echo is likely to ream!
him of the general voice of the press in re
gard to his removal. We have nut seen even
a Whig paper which has expressed the
slightest concern lor his fate, which has hon
ored his fall with a syllable of either respect
or regret. And yet he Isa man of undoubt
ed talent, and since his apostasy has served
in the Whig ranks with that proverbial fury
with which deserters fight. The Bns'on
Courier’s remark upon his case is briefly and
pithily, that “Jf Mr. T.expects his country
men to shed tears ‘upon this occasion, he
must furnish them with a string of onions.”
So perish.all traitors l—-Morning News.
Agriculture is the urt of raising crops ;
husbandry the art of preserving and expend
ing them.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 7, 1845.
ALMOST AN ELOPEMENT.
We met an old friend tiie other day whom
we had Dot seen for several months. ‘John,’
said we, in the course of a conversation with
him, why don’t you get married and settle
down somewhere?’
‘Get married and settle down, you said;
John repealed with emphasis.’’
‘Yes.
‘I came very near settling down without
getting married, a while ago.’
‘How’s that?’
‘No matter —I don’t like to tell secrets to
an editor.’
‘But in confidence, you know, John.
Come out with it.’
‘Wont you tell!’
‘No.’
•Now I know you will; but pledge me
that my name shall not go with it; and you
shall have the story, and may tell it as mucli
as you plea e.
We pledge our *sacred honor,’ and John
threw away his cigar and commenced.
‘Here some two or three months ago, I
happened into one of the prettiest little vil
lages you ever set your eyes upon—’
‘What was its name?’
‘That's my concern, and I’ll manage it
without your assistance. It was indeed a
beautiful village, with pretty streels, pretty
houses, pretty gardens, pretty fences, pretty
everything—and among other things, pret
ty women. The latter, you know, 1
naturally took a liking to ; and of course I
was not displeased when a kind of fifteenth
cousin, whom i called ou during a stay
there—on business, strictly invilei! me to
make his house my hoine for a fortnight or
so, while I went over the sporting grounds
in the neighborhood, and killed all tiie
beasts, birds and witches that ran wild there.
Hang me, if I didn’t thank the fellow with
a fuli heart; and I moved my little bundle
of clothes and other rubbish to his house in
double quick lime. Well, I had been there
three or four days, and had been gunning
every day, without so much as killing a
woodpecker ur trte toad, when one da,y in
croossing a piece of open ground surroun
ded entirely with woods, 1 discovered, not a
tittle to tny surprise, the prettiest girl I had
ever seen in my whole file. Front her ap
pearance, I judged at once she had lost her
way, &. prepared myself immediately to per
form a piece of true gallantry. So walk
ing straight up to her, I communicated my
suspicious, very politely, aud inquired if 1
could render her any assistance.
She replied that she had lost her way in
attempting to get through the wood by an
obscure path, and would be very much ob
liged il l led her into the main road, or point
out the direction iu which it lay. Away
we started together, On the way we chat
ted about every thing we could think of,
(except her pretty self, which J was think
ing of continually,) for she was sociable as
an old school mate, and even told me her
name, the name of Iter father, and the names
of halt a dozen brothers aud sisters whom 1
had never seen, and did not care to see.—
When we got into the road, she pointed
out htr fathers house, whiclt was in sight,
and was going to thank me for tny services;
but I stopped her by saying that it would
-he very little out of'liiy way to see her
home; and I preferred to do st). All tiie
way there, wc chatted and laughed, and told
stories, and even jokes; and by the time we
parted at tiie gate of old ’s
farm house, I could we
were old acquaintances. 1 lefMHPoping
to see her again, sometime,’ left
me ‘hoping to learn of my safe arrival at
home.’
The next Sabbath I met her at church—
the next Monday evening at a village par
ty, and escorted her home—the next Frt
day 1 called on her ‘accidentally’—tiie next
Sunday evenimr by permission ; in two
weeks 1 T had told
my love’—fojWMas next move to
‘he out of nat
ural philosophy. Three times I popped
the question, but she wouldn’t or
no, or even hint that she would MHUd
not seal tny happiness. The
she looked very grave, hung down 13Hm8L
I bed, and, 1 even mistrusted, eitm f*y*.
fall 1 ask the consent of
and I, after wailing half an hnUnHpran
er to the question on which Rung my
hopes. ‘That wouy never do,’ she answer
ed with a sigh; not consent to
my kaggfe he would
to the ‘Deacon, and
got a fiatrefusal of his consent to tiie match.
1 walked home that evening in
trese, passed a testless night at
bouse, and rose tiie next
head full ot pains and dark OjreVßjUp- —
My cousin rallied me on my
ance, and 1 determined at once to tell him
the secret of nty troubles and ask his ad-jl
vice. I accordingly accompanied him toj
his little grocery, and when there, unravell
ed the whole matter as to a brother;—‘That
Ellen B.’said he when I had conclnded, ‘is
the greatest coquette in (die couulry, or the
world, and I advise youtoi keep your, love
matters to roursejE wwOgtiou are in her
company. If 1 hfjphistrdiladtyp'u were at all
tender 1 shuuldMHp before;
but as it turns Ofll, 1 advitißEu row t...
her alone.’ 1 Bid r epl ,
redly thought foci
iu cbriatetadonw’ Had jifre hot kept tny com
ii;,uy, aud said f§ft things to fine, and blush
ed, wheud popped
the question for tOPlßurth time?
The next evening I called on Ellen a
gain—she was alone and seemed twice as
beautiful as ever. For the fifth time 1 of
fered her my hand. Site came very near
fainting away t but would not answer me
yes or no. What could the Ol
course I attributed the whole to the obstin
acy of the Deacon, her father,—ami being
more titan h&U crazy between love fur her
and hate for tuKpp will scarcely be won
dered at, that before, leaving, I suggested
to her that if we couldn’t be happy with bis
consent, we had right to proceed
vvTthout it. WVo%uid lake a ride, 60me
Styening,’ said I; go to the mail train of cars
bid in two hours be a man and wife.
When would you call for me?’ she ask
ed.
‘To-morrow night,’ I replied, almost wild
with delight—“eight o’clock
‘ MKMjfftiaid she after a pause, ‘1 wilt be
there ™
The next evening, at half past seven, the
village stable keeper drove a carriage to my
■was steping into the cat
handed me a note. I turn.-
a moment to read it. The
r this sort.
lout running away with
you to night, and he thinks the air is so
damp that I should certainly take cold. He
suggested that it would answer all reasons,
ble purposes for you to run away alone.
But I hope you will not do this till you
have accomplished the intention you ex
pressed on your arrival in our village, which
was, I believe, before you left it, to make a
conquest of the of the prettiest girl
within ten miles.
Yours as truly as ever,
ELLEN B ■.*
I immediately recollected havidg foolish
ly expressed this folfjsh intention a day or
two before my arrival in the village, to an
old friend who acccbipanied me there on
business with some\ other merchants. 1
recollected too, that tfye boast was made
while we were on a walk through the vil
lage, that a lady was close behind us all the
time, and my friend who saw her f3ce,
thought she must be an angel. She turned
out to be the one.
My horse was sent back to the stable, and
the next morning I was leaving the beau
tiful village altd the beautiful Ellen, and tny
fifteenth cousin and his happy family, as
last as steam would carry me.’
From the London Punch.
John Polk was put to the bar charged with
robbing the Mexican minister of a favorite
dog: named Texas, the circumstances of the
case Don Bernardo Murphy stated to be
these : —Some months since, John Polk sold
his Excellency the dog, (a very large animal
spotted black and white, that used to run un
der his carriage;) subsequently a fellow nam
ed Houston, a countryman of Polk’s who had
teen in his Excellency’s service, absconded
w. h the dog, and he had that day seen it < t
Greenwich Fair, whither he had gone in
company with Chevalier Bunsen. The ani
mal was tied to a van, belonging to the pris
oner, and from which he was haranguing
and psalm-singing to the company at ihe
fair.
Policeman, X2l said—please your wor
ship, there has been more picking of pockets
round that ’ere psalm singing man, than in
any part of the lair.
Mr. Aberdeen—Silence Policeman. What
has that to do with the complaint 7
The Mexican Minister continued, in a ve
ry agitated manner, “1 instantly recognized
my dog, and trave the scoundrel yonder in
charge of a policeman.”
“Scoundrelthe prisoner cried, (a very
sanctimonious looking fellow, who held the
dog in his arms) —“Am I in a Christian
land, to hear myself called by such names!
Arewemen! Are we brethren ’ Have we
blessings and privileges, or have we not! I
come ot a country the most enlightened, the
most religious, the most freest, honestest,
punctualist, on this airth, I do.”
Mr. Aberdeen, (with a profound bow,)—
You are an American, I suppose 7
Polk—t thank a gracious ntussy I am?—
I can appeal to every tiling that is holy, and
laying my hand on my heart, declare 1 am an
honest mam I scorn the accusation that I
stole t lie complainant’s dog. The dog is tny
dog—mine by the laws of heaven, airth, right
nature and possession.
Don Bernardo Murphy, very much agitat
ed, here cried out—How yours i 1 can swear
to the animal. I bought him of you.
Polk—You did. It’s jfcßus as I’tn a free
born man.
Don Bernardo —-A was an old
servant of yours comes into tuy service and
steals the dog.
Don Bernardo—And I find the animal now
again in your possession.
Polk--(cudding the dog)—Yes, my old
dog—yes, my old Texas, it did like to come
back to its old master, it did ! jMSm.
Don Bernardo (m a fury)—l r&J
worship isn’t tins too monstrous 7 9
Mr. Aberdeen—Your Excellency
mit me to observe that we have not yet heard .
Mr, Polk’s defence. In a .British Court, ju**
lice must be shown, and no favor, ,
Polk—l scorn a defence. re
turned to me by a lor of
to fly against tiie lor ofjiuatur- .19
dog, and by the irresist3Ksftr*ctio@wr go-
In sun, ,1..: Hie ! erua) f tiling*, he
comes back to me—am 1 to hlame 7 Its
mousiroEe, heinous, reglar blasphemy to say
so.
Magfjhvdeen appeared deeply struck by
Etrfk did’ntsteal theanimal.
of my character *o be called
a him —that's all.*’ Besides
what jurisdiction has this here court! what
authority has any court on ailth in a question
pure American! My bargain with Don
Bernardo Murphy took place out of this coun
try—the dug came back to me thousands of
miles away lierefrom.
Mr. Aberdeen—ln that cdfljlflfcteally must
dismiss the complaint. state
my opinion Mr; Polk that yours;
Elo inquire mlo questions
iu cail it, or of rubbery as
e (very rudely, I must
bargain. 1 entreat rather
respectable should live
y : and—and I wish you
- timing.
Mr. Polk then left the office whistling to
hA dog, and making signs of contempt at Don
Bernardo Murphy, who slunk away in a cab.
Hs.had not been gone an hour when Po
liceman X 21, came into the office and said.
•‘Please your worship, the Yankee annexed
your Worship’s Canadian walking stick in
fill* passage.”
deen (sternly)—Mind your own
llow, Mr. Polk is perfectly wel
anotber member of the force,
’ name, enteied and swore the
oik had stole his beaver hat.
erdeen (good humordly)—Well,
say the hat was’nt worth two
pence halfpenny ; and it’s better to lose it
thanAjo squabble about it at law.
O’Regan left the Court grumbling, and
said it was’nt so iu Temple’s time,
A Beautiful Idea—At a late public
meeting in New York, says the Telegraph,
the Rev. J. Spaulding dwelt a few moments
on the deathless nature and extent of moral
influence. “Away among the Allegha
nies,” said he, “there is a spring so small
that a single ox iu a summer’s day could drain
it dry. It steals its unobtrusive way a
monglhe hills, till it spreads out in the b ‘au
tiful Ohio. Thence it stretches away a
thousand miles, leaving on its bank moie
than a hundred villages and cities, and ma
ny thousand cultivated farms, and bearing
ou its bosom more than a half a thousand
steamboats. ‘Then joiniugthe Mississippi,
it stretches awty and away some twelve
hundred miles more, until it falls into the
great emblem ot eternity. It is'one of the
tributaries of that ocean which, obedient
only to God, shall roll and roar, till the an
gel with one font on the sea and the other
on the land shall I ft up his hand to heaven,
and swear that time shall be no longer. So
with moral influence. It is a rill—a rivulet
--a river—an ocean, boundless and fathom
less as eternity,’!
[VOL. V.—NO 19.
From tho Lon, Ol ‘ Buncli.
MRS. CAUDLE’S CURT AIN LECTURES;
Mrs. Caudle becomes ainii l^e a, ‘d would hate
anew dress. •
Dear me ! Mr. Caudle, if y ou hav’nt lor
gotyour night cap—do pul it o. :l n, y dear, or
you wiil catch cold. Ar’ut j ou cold my
dear! Susan, bring me tiie blu. k et that is
under little Billy’s head. Sully hi * finished
your shirts my dear, and very nice 1 they are.
The sweet child lias been very iL dtistrious
indeed, trying to get them done for you to
wear to the Skylark dinner. Shant go! O!
you must go, iudeed you must; B; Biy will
be so disappointed if her dear papa t ontwear
one of tiie new shirts to the Skylark dinner.
She has been talking about it for—to be ®ure
to be sure I was opposed to your joining , ’be !
Skylarks, my dear, but then you have joinev * |
you know, and you must appear respectable.
Cross about it was I? Well, may be i wasa
little, but then my dear I had been so much
troubled about li.e bouse, dear that I could
not help it. Do tuck yourself up, nty dear;
I am sure you must be cold. You men dont
know what we poor women have to endure,
Mr. Caudle. I’m sure n the men had as
much trouble as the women do, you would
not be such good tempered people, either.—
But you don’t know anything about it. I’m
sure it would spoil the temper of a saint. It
is all drudge, drudge, work, work, the whole
day lung, and it would worry the life out ol
any body.
I have been thinking my dear, that you had
better get anew coat for the dinner, your old
blue looks shabby. O no—you are mistaken ;
it don’t look well enough. Mr. Grey has
ordsred anew smt; for Mrs. Grey told me so,
ancWbx had better step over to Mr. Brown’s
and order anew coat in the morning—a
b'ack one—l admire a black coat. And Mrs.
Grey is to have an elegant new silk lor the
ball—a figured one, very beautiful. Mi. Grey
lets her have new dresses, just whenever she
asks it.
I know it—to Grey is richer
than you, but one decent, any
how. My old dressTWo shabby that I real
ly should be ashamed to be seen in it. Dont
you think looks well enough, does it!
Mrs. Gray says it is shocking, and I ought to
to have anew one for tiie ball and 1
yOu can afford it now 7 It won't cost much
I’m sure—and it is’nt so often that 1 ask for
new dresses, Mr. Caudle; you know that.
But you men think thank you tny dear,
I’tn very glad you say jes, because I
only say so to avoid a row, do you 7 Who’s
making a row Mr. Caudle 7 .Fm sure I only
asked for well, let me speak, won’t you!
I declare if I ever saw such a man. I can’i
even—: —well go to sleep then. I’m tired
too, very tired; and I must get up early to
morrow and get things to rights before Mrs.
Grey comes to go out with me. She's prom
ised to help me choose the everlasting
gabbledgjffeu say 7 I’m sure Mr. Caudle,
there who talks less than I do,
and I is cruel iu you to all of
us
ain’t the most provoking man well I’m
not going to scold. You need'nt be so pet
tish. 1 was only going to say that you are
lucky id having a wile that attends to mat
ters, and saves you so much. 1 hav’nt spent
a sixpence on inysellJhese three months, and
although I say it, tiiere is’nt a woman iu town
who , &.C., &c., &.c.
From Ihe Key Wet Gazelle, April 12
THE SALT FOND, AND SALT MAKING
AT KEY WEST.
It [pay not be generally known at a dis
tance, that Salt of the purest and heaviest
pftipd is made at Key West iu considerable
ppinntities. The enterprise was commenced
j about ten years since by a Chartered Com
pany, conibiEing tiie New Bedford
iiama plans: (i. e.) combining covlfl
with an open pond.
The “Salt Pond,” so
surface in ihe interior of the
part of the Island, based on which
is covered with tenacious pdflfck impervious
to water. It is about on a level with the
lowest tide, and so fiat|iiiai eight inches of
water will flow the whokji three hundred and
forty acres, which conatimres the area of the
pond. Formerly, spring tides flowed over
into this pond in two different places and fill
ed it. The water thus thrown in having no
outlet, evaporated, and in dry seasons formed
Salt without any artificial aid. An arm of’
the bay with a very narrow entrance makes
into the Northerly part of the Island and ap-1
proaches the Sail pond in two places, within
seventeen rods; The narrowest part of this ‘
bay has been stopped with a stone dami with
a tide gate swinging inwards, which receives
and retains high water, flowing a pond of
about ISO acres. A canal lias been cut
through the rock from this bay into IkR
pond proper, to that part brought
provements, and thus the tide pond acßHr
feeder reservoir to the Balt pond and Salt
works. The company have and
dams prevented the influx of 3j4jjjK|ta}£B in- j
to the and thus holiMjßraStt con
trol over ißKing able to stliitHßfcliarge
water at their pleasure. with
and adjoining this pond the Company erected
5300 salt work feet Os wooden works, with
moveable covers, built after the New Bedford
plan, which ia found on experiment with so
great a surface of pond, to be badly propor
tioned into water and granulating pans. Tbe
present lessee is works in
which a better proper Jfejfep reaerve d-
The Company expgMWM Balt works
buildings, tools and imp-offlfcjpts of numer
ous kinds, exclusive of lands $18,500
which is represented by sharessloO each.
Laslßeaßon the lessee raked from thecov
works mote thatrtS.OOO bushels of Salt, be
ing about three and a half bushels of from
every Salt work foot of ten superficial feet.
He also raked from the ground pans about
14,000 bushels, making ma 1132,000 battels. I
Last Spring was very favorable to tbfcutek
ing of Salt, but the gale in October destroyed !
or prevented the making of 10,000 bushels. I
So that it may Dot be more than an average!
ot years. The lessee will make about haln
of his new covered pans of mason work, Which,
is an experiment, so far as we know, entirely ‘
new. If successful, it will certainly be per-’
nianent,
The Salt made at these works weighs 86’
lbs. to the measured bushel, and the bitle’
water, is washed from it, adding to its (“inly
beauty, and perservative quality; “ - 'n 9
erage price last year, was about sle. per bus'o
el, delivereanand on
.f ho wurk n . :
gross, will, it Is a sJßhPbu
impetus to Salt w ;]j
business of this lsla;, a . to divert
capital from itq accusthmed tihajtdelt, and
direct it to ;,aw enterprises, nor shall we matte
the attempt. Yet we believe that no enter
prise offers a richer reward to the capitalists,
than the Salt Works on this Island-#speci
ci -lly since all tbe fixed or unproductive cap
jt#i letiuired has been expendedby this com
pany,and all the preparatory experiments
made, and experience gained, necessary to a
successful result. The present lessee holds
the works for some years, and we wish him
all the fine seasons and success, his enter
prise so justly merits. We believe it is the
general wish however, to see the Salt works
more rapidly extended than his own unaided
means will admit.
“SUNNY SOUTH.”
In no place under the government of tha
United States can this term be so properly
applied as to our beautiful little : <dand.-
Here the three hundred and sixty-five days
compose but one long sunny day: the skies
are ever clear, the birds are ever singing, ami
every day, nay every hour, ushers fnto exis
tence some rare and beautiful creation of
flora. With the acacia and the rose; the
oleander and the orange, breathing their Irag
rance around us, we can scarcely realize tho
old winter's blasts howling around the dwell
ings of our northern friends, and that all ere.
at ion, animate and inanimate, displays sor
rowful evidences of his presence. A north
ern friend whispers us that we know but lit
tle of the delights of the long winter evenings,
the cheerful fire “at home,” and the sleigh
rides abroad- Indeed we do not, and well
contented are we with our ignorance. A
cheerful family circle on a cold winter’s night
its blazing back log, its pleasant reminis
cences for the mind, and its thousand com
forts for the body, would lose half of its charms
if the storm did no: rage without, and the
wind did not whistle and moan through the
trees and key-hole. It is only by contrasting
th e peace and security within doors with the
wai and strile of the elements without that
one’s complacency is excited and satisfied.—
But giv. e us ‘be sun-shine.tbe cloudless skies
and the L a ' m y air of our clime ; give us the
perpetual voice of birds and the odor of (Sow
ers—give us ‘b e broad and changeful bosom
of tbe ocean, \ v *ih its forests of coral for the
eye and its unto.'d depths and mysteries for
the imagination—A.nd above all, give us the
warm hearts, the generous impulses, the ar
dor of man and the dey‘"on of woman which
the sunny suuli? alone A'n give.
[Key West >. ight of the Reef.
From the N. O. Jeffrrsoniat. Republican.
FUNERAL OF JUDGE LEONARD.
The Inst obsequies to this and stinguislied
man took place yesterday, annd a concourse
of people of a!) ranks, such as was never
before witnessed in New Orleans.
The Military, consisting of the Louisiana
Legion, Louisiana Volunteers, and Wash
ington Battalion, with the fine body of Artil
lery under the command of Major Gaily, as
sembled in front of the State House in Ca-;
nal street, at the hour appointed, 4 r. m.
The members of the Convention met pur
suant to previous arrangement in the morn
ing, in their hall at about 5 p. m—the Clergy
in an unusually large body, headed by the
Ahbe Monet, having readied the Sta'e House
a quarter of an hour before.
The vestibule of the hall of the Conven
tion had been fitted up as a chapelle ardenle,
in which was placed on a bier, the remains
of the departed, with the insignia of his tnili*
tary rank, (Brigadier General,) consisting of
coat, hat, sword, and sash lying on the coffin.
At a quarter to five, the Clergy assembled in
the chapelle ardenle i where the preliminary
passages of the funeral service were chaunt
ed ; after which the coffin was transported (o
the hearse in front of the State House. A
salvo of cannon gave intimation that the pro
cession had formed, when the melancholy
passage of the revered dead toward his last
resting place, the tomb, commenced. A
countless multitude thronged the streets,
the loolgaihe were almost impassable, while
balconies, windows, door-steps were crowded
with the curious of the fair sex, anxious to
catch a glance of the magnificent spectacle.
The corpse was preseeded by the Clergy,
and followed immediately behind by the de
ceased’s charger, led by a groom, and sur
rounded by servants, mourners, &c M con
nected with his family; next came the mem
bers of the Convention, two and two, wear
ing on Iheir left arms, and
the processuHtitich was of immense length,
seemingly eaHsting the city, for the mo
ment ol its inhabitants, continued its almost
interminable length, in the following order!
Veterans of IWl4—’ls.
Governor, Secretary es Stete'and other
officers of the state Government, ;
I Mayor; Recorders and officers Os the city.
Judges and officers of the Courlß.
Members of the Bar.
Collector of the Customs and other officer*
of the General Government;
Foreign Consuls.
Officers of the Army and Navy.
Major General first Division Militia and
Staff.
Louisiana Legion,
Louisiana Volunteer* and Washington
Battalion.
Citizens;
‘The funtra) cortege proceeded down Ca
nal street to Chartres to Tou
louse, down street, to
1 the Roman CatholicwUPpel, at the loot of
Conti street. Here the corpse was removed
from the hearse to tho Chapel, and amidst
the effulgence of innumerable tapers and the
1 prodigal diffusion of incense, the last beau
tiful and imposing ceremonies of the Roman
Catholic funeral ritual were performed.—
! The Chappel was densely crowded by the
members of the Convention and the friends
and admirers of the deceased. At the ter
dmination of the service the corpse was again
“transferred to the hearse,and the whole pro
j cession moved off in the greatest solemnity
to the Cemetry, at the foot of St. Louit street.
\ The body having been consigned to the tomb,
and the Clergy having chaunted tbe last re
quiem to the departed, Mr. Soule delivered
a short, but very impressive funeral oration.
Under the influence of an emotion which
seemed to shake every fibre of bis frame,
he animadverted on the terrible loss which
society has sustained in tbe death of this
true patriot, this virtuous citizen. A salvo
of artillery and a salute of small arma were
then fired, and then tbe sad ceremony con
cluded.
The last marks of respect and love have
been paid the dead. And what remaina!—
Though a valuable member of society, occu
pies a premature grave—though a widow
has been left to pour out her teats in bitter
solitude—-though the ties of friendship and
connection have been rudely sundered—
what then 7 —Man's honor is satisfied 7
i ScRE IN A SCHOOL ROOM.—“What Vt„J lO
do you intend to pursue 1” said ar
: pedagogue one day as a Johny - ‘ mr ,f 5
fall the time: are ‘^°“
he^^ BI V‘ lI V^WS
iSk ff 1 ’ ,hat ?” it’s the
L e ‘ ru ' e of ! jrou kftoty t(iat twice two
, lour and according to adaption, lyticc for#.
|ut two !” “You may take yogr aeatsir t ”said
yio schoolmaster. ‘‘You mas; take youm
‘too” said the pupil, “for it’s a utar'&ule that
■jwap’t work both ways,”
jH* sa ' d ‘hat Mr. Cushing otrPßSg avked
■He with on the
table something of will—l to exorbitantly
thinking it to be Chi
nee, and wishing it was, he
pointed lo it, after he bid finished, saying, tq
hia host interrogatively, “Quack, quack,
quack!” The mandarin, with equal brevity
replied, with akkake of bis head.Wßow, wow
wow.” Mr Cushing’s feaiinga cau be m.-
agtQtd.