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Dcuotcit to Neats, Politics, Citcraturc, (General JntetUgcncc, Agriculture, &t.
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ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, MAI 25, 1848, 0F M08Ci4
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 1.
P octrij.
THE BUND GIRL, TO HER MOTHER.
Mother, they ray the start art bright,
And the broad heavens are blue:
'I dream of them hv day and night,
And think them all Uke you.
Vet their sweet images arise.
And blend with thoughts of thee.
I know not why. hut oft I dream
Of the far land of bliss ;
And when I hear thy voice ! deem
That heaven is like to this.
When my sad heart to thine is pressed.
. My follies all forgiven.
Sweet pleasure warms my beating breast,
And this Isay is heaven.
Ob, mother, will the Ood above
Forgive my fanlts like thee !
Will be bestow such care and love
On a blind thing like me 4
Dear mother, leave me not alone!
tvo with me when I die—
Dead thy.blind daughter to the throne,
And stay in yonder sky.
THE MCSftUlTO HUNT.
•• Not a drum was hoard, nor a funeral noie,
As bio corse to tho ramparts we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged bis farewell shot
O’er Urn grave of tho boro wo buried.”— IKW/r
Not a sound waa beard, but a horrible hum,
As around onr chamber we hurried,
la search of the insect whose trumpet and drum
Our delectable slumbers had worried.
We sought for it darkly at dead of night.
Our coverlid carefully turning
By the struggling moonbeams misty light,
And our candle dimly burning.
No useless garment confined onr breast,
Rut iu simple night dress and slippers,
We wandered about like spirits distressed,
Or the sails of piratical skippers.
Short and few were the words we let fall,
Lest the noise should disturb the musquito.
But we steadfastly gazed on the whitened wall,
And thought bow we had been bit, O!
We thought as we rose from our restless lied,
And relinquished our pleasant pillow,
That we'd not retire till the critter was dead,
And we were secured from his bill, O!
But half an hour had seemed to elapse.
Ere we met with the wrctcli'that had bit us.
And raising our boot gave some terrible slaps,
That made the musqui to* quietus.
Quickly and gladly we turned from the dead,
Determined to tell you a
ADJinm 1*1 UST NI.EEP.
He laid htan down and slept, and from his side,
Wouwa, in all her magic beanty rose;
miscellaneous.
state being broken up into numerous
tribes, each of which had its peculiar
place, so that the Roman commonwealth
resembled some huge pyramid, in which
you arose by successive steps to the top!
But this condition of society, after a
trial of another thousand years, was
found as unsuited to the human race as
either of those which had gone before;
and the Roman commonwealth, after
i changing into a vast mob of operatives
on the one hand, and a few wealthy
families on the other, sank by its own
weight into ruin. Then arose another
term of civilization, tbe fourth in the
world’s history. A horde of hardy sav
ages, descending from the forests of the
north, overran the territories of the em
pire, and reducing the native popula
tion to a tributary coodilion, introduced
new order of thins^, political and so
cial. The feudal syllem now arose, and
for a thousand years flourished. This
was a period of abject vassalage among
the conquered, of unbridled license on
the part of the conquerors. It was a pe
riod of war, rapine and brutality, re
lieved only by the faint gleams of chiv-
ilry, and occasionally by the spirit of
Christianity. But the feudal civilization,
too, has had its day, and is now at its
last gasp. Histo jans, indeed, speak of
tbe feudal system as extinct for two
hundred j’cars; but this is not so; it is
only the more apparent features of that
age which have vanished. The laws,
the monarchies, and the spirit of Euro
pean Society continued eminently feu
dal until the first French Revolution ;
and though shattered by that event, and
by the wars that followed it, are still
feudal. But the present convulsions
will, if they triumph, destroy feudality
forever.
Seventy years ago the fifth term of
the world’s civilization began. It com*
mcticcd in the city where we now write,
and on a spot almost within sound of
our voice. The Declaration of Ameri
can Independence, first promulgated
from the Stale House of Philadelphia,
was the knell that sounded the doom of
the feudal civilization and proclaimed
throughout the world, 44 liberty to the
captive and the opening of the prison
doors to them that are bound.” Little
did the signers of that immortal instru
ment foresee nil the consequences of
their act. They believed that they
were only separating thirteen colonies
from Great Britaiu; they were, in fact.
From tbe American Courier.
Climate and Predactsof Georgia be
fore tke American Revelation.
In a well-digested and apparantly
very candid account of the climate and
productions of all the seaboard States,
then Colonies of England, the author,
speaking of Georgia, quotes a letter from
an educated gentleman who had open
ed and settled a plantation ofG340 acres,
not far from Savannah thus:— 44 I have
raised cabbages of GO pounds in weight,
and turnips of 25. Potatoes thrive as
tonishingly in it. I have haul 300 bush
els from a bed that did not exceed a
quarter of an acre, and several of my
neighbors have begun to go pretty much
into them as an article of sale; they find
a ready market in Savannah* for the
West Indies.
“ After clearing, I have planted the
land with Indian corn for three and four
years successively, and got from thirty-
five to sixty bushels an acre, and at
the same time from twenty-five to fifty
bushels of Indian peas an acre !
“ Of wheat,tny crops are not so great;
but from thirty to forty bushels per acre
is my usual crop.^Barley we also sow,
usually after wheat or Indian corn ; I
get the same quantity* as of wheat; I
have some fields, jbe soil of which is so
rich, that I have got for six years succes
sively, crops of these kinds of grain, and
all equally good. I do not think
Farmers in England grow quite so
ny successive crops of corn as wi
here, yet 1 imagine our products to be
much tbe largest. I have never laid on
any dry or other manure for corn. 1
Cycles of Civllltatloa.
There arc cycles in civilization
well as in astronomy. After a career of
nearly two thousand years, Europe
seems to have approached the end of
another term of civilization. The late
revolutions threaten to change the whole
social ns well as political character of
the modem world, ami to introduce new
constitutions, new forms of society, new
elements oTloynlty and government.
The first term of civilization in the
historic period, was that witnessed by
the Assyrian empire. The political and
social institutions of that period were a
typo of the family. The king was the
father of hit people; the nobles repre
sented tbe elder sons; and the multi
tude stood for the younger children and
dependants. The notions of govern
ment the Assyrians held wbiTc wander
ing in tents, they retained when inhabit
ing cities. The’monarch was partly pa
triarchal and partly despotic. The state
was only one great association:
nllthc members were tlicorc ’
and the prince himself but
the family or clan. Such a thing as a
modem aristocracy was unknown to the
Assyrians. The noble of to-day was
the slave of yesterday; and to-morrow
perhaps, was a slavo again. But the
The reader must remember that this
was just prior to the year 1775, and re
fers to a plantation not far from Augus
ta. It would gratify a natural and by
no means unfriendly curiosity, if some
friend in that region, if ho can guess
whose plantation this was, would let us
know what its average produce is now,
per acre, of the same articles. The wri
ter’s name is not given, but he says else?
where—“ Upon the whole, I much pre
fer this climate to any in which 1 have
lived before, and yet I have resided at
Cadiz, Naples,and the West Indies, not
to speak of Boston and England.”
As to tho climate of upland Georgia,
we do not believe, except in July, Au
gust, and until the last of September, it
i&exccedcd in the world for delightful
temperature. It was the declared opin
ion of the celebrated traveler and phi
losopher, the Abbe Correa de Scrra,Min
ister to the United States from Brazil,
that no part of Europe, not even Italy,
was equal to that great mountain region
where several States uuitc in the raobn-
tains of Georgii
It may gratify the curious reader to
know what was then the course of Agri-
history, an 44 American,” and apparent
ly writing as well as publishing in Eng
land, says:
“Our silk mills are universal in affirm*
ing that the silk we have had from
America is equal to the best \Vc receive
elsewhere—surely, therefore, it much
behoves the government to promote
whatever measures have a tendency to
render silk an article of consideration in
the imports from America, instead of
suffering old ones to expire.”
“Oil is another import which costs
this country-»F.nglaiui—great sums of
money—none is or can he produced at
home ; but the olive thrives well in the
interior of Geocgia, and might be made
a valuable article in the products of
that province.”
“ Wool.—Our colonics on the conti
nent of North America, south of New
York, produce a wool entirely similar to
the Spanish. No staple they could pro
duce would therefore be more advan
tageous to Great Britian.”
The following had just then, prior to
1775, been tbe state of the exports from
Georgia upon an average of three years:
18,000 barrels or rice, at 40*., £36,000
17,000 pounds of inligo, at 2s., 1,700
2,500 pounds oftitk! at 20s., 2,500
Deer and other skins, 0 17,000
Boards, staves,&c., 11,000
Tortoise shell, drugs, cattle, &e., 6,000
£74,200
What a change since then! as well in
the nature as in the value of her pro
ducts! If her hill and mountain dis
tricts, with her unsurpassed climate, her
mineral resources, and water power,
and timber bordered on New England,
the sheep growers, and. the manufac
tures of Vermont and Massachusetts
would pour into them cm masse !
sowing the sceds'of a complete social
and political revolution throughout the
civilized world. That all men are born
equal—that government is for the bene
fit of the governed—that the fruits of
tho earth belong to all alike—that no
trade 01 profession should be favored at
the expense of another—in a word, that
every member of the state should pos- culture in a Stale that is some how less
so ss the.same political privileges, and known ifnot more undervalued, than any
enjoy, ns near as possible, the same so- j in the Union, in proportion to its natural
cial advantages—these were the priuci- j sources of wealth, and the high social
pics that flowed from the Declaration of I qualities of its inhabitants. And why
Independence, and have since gradual- 1 should we bo less curious about the
ly pervaded society here. The feudal ] birth and growth of a Stale than the life
civilization required a dominant and a and actions of those who — A :
denomi
nated great men—which none
as it is said, in the eyes of their valet dc
chambrc ? If we read a biography, how
naturally we go back,even to the nurse
ry. for the first dawning of the future
Hero, to see how lie built his mimic for
lificalionsot snow, or how he commanded
his troop of urchins in the robbery of an
subject class ;>the now civilization that
of 177G, is based on the perfect equality
of man. This civilization is widening
and extending in America, and mrfy be
said to have triumph^ here; and, un
der God, it will ultimately conquer in
Europe loo!
A curious fact may be noticed in con
nexion with this coming stage of civili-! orchard. In the eye of Philosophy, is it
whichl zalian ? it is that civilization has return-1 « ot much morc interesting to note the
theoretically equal, Cf l to l ^e point of starting, in reference ; r j se am J progress °f Slates and Na-
,||-but the head of •" both ils cardinal feature, and the I tions—ll.eir advance in Agriculture—
place of it, origin. The first civiliza-l'n Arts—in Government? As to the
lion of the world flourished in tbe lienrt | Srs| , «l* author before us quotes his re-
of Asia, and successive ones moved west- liable correspondent for a year’s pro
ward, until this, the last and {greatest, duce of his farm as folio
arose in America. The first civilization 50acresof Indian com produce in sterling X s, J.
taught the equality of men, so does the
last. But, in all other respects there
is no similarity. The first was patriar
chal, the last is republican. The first
was a mere type of the family compact,
the last is a complex machine prepared
by the wisdom of four thousand years.
Tbe republic of the United States, is
more favorable, both politically and so
cially, to the human race, than any gov
ernment which has ever existed. We
Assyrian empire fell, and with it the As
syrian civilization. It-fell, and though
fragments of it have descended even to
our time, and arc still preserved in the
manners and modes,* of governments
used by the Orientals, the great Assyri
an civilization, the first known in *thc
world’s history, is now, as a whole, more
utterly lost to the world than are Baby
lon or Nineveh the great!-
Then came another term of civiliza
tion. Assyria was down, but Egypt
arose. A band of Caucasian adventur-
ers, overrunning that fertile country, re- j recuperation, requiring no forcible rev<-
duced its inhabitants to the condition of j ?ration, biutonly the ballot-box to amend
serfs, and established a vast empire, io j ,l . lo , sul t the progress of the times.—
which priestcraft and monarchy went M° v >og e'er onward and upward, the
band and hand, enslaving and degra-' R° v ernmcnt and people of this great re
ding the people. Then it was that two' public will march from improvement to
distinct, permanent and hereditary class- improvement until the great mystery of
cs arose in the State—the one the mas-; * perfect civilization is solved,
ter, the other the subject—the one Intel- j Meantime, Europe, taking lessons
ditto beef,
Hides,
Lire stock sola,
Lumber,
47 pounds rf silk !
believe, too,.that it will be permanent,
for it carries within itself the seeds of
187 14 0
132 0
35 0
82 0
50 0
24 10
30 0 _
36 O' 0
47
The number of negroes 25, and _
white laborers^-30 in all. ‘The total di
vided gives £26 a head, and this I bc-
tliose who have any luck in fixing on
tolerable land, wahout^possessing great
skill in choosing tho best. Negroc§ cost
at present fronu£40 to £50 a bead if
good ones are bought.’*
In whatever else Georgia may
declined, according to our own c
rilCall T<
Some years since a wealthy carriage
maker residing in Philadelphia,was very
no% ’ much annoyed by the calls ofbackmen,
cabmen, omnibus drivers, &c.,who under
pretence of wishing to purchase, would
put him to a considerable trouble, : ~
showing them all the varieties he bad
hand, and explaining the difference, the
very lowest price of each vehicle, and
then leave with the consoling idea that
they would 44 think onV and if they con
cluded to purchase, 4 why they would
call again to-morrow* 0 But it so hap
pened 4hat they never called a second
time. This daily inquiry, we say had
become very annoying, and the owner,
in self-defence, had resolved on not pay*
ing any attention to a customer unless he
came well dressed. About this time, the
owner was one day standing in the door
of his sales room, when up came a rough
looking man,well bundled up in a cna rsc
overcoat, wearing heavy unpolished
boots, and carrying in his hand a whip,
who thus accosted him :
Good day, Sir. Are you the owner
of this establishment ?’
Well, I am,’ replied the other, with
a look which seemed to say, * now you
want to try it,* don’t you ? 4 1 know
you ?*
4 Have you any fine carriages for
sale ?* inquired the stranger, apparently
not heeding the boorishucss of the other.
4 Well, ! jmve.’
4 At what prices ?*
4 Different prices, of course.*
4 Ah, yes. Can I look at them ?*
4 You can do as you please stranger!
They are there,* pointing within.
Tbe stranger bowed politely, and
passed in, examined the vehicles for a
few moments, returned and said :
There is one I think will answer my
purpose,* pointing to it—* what is the
price?*
4 Two hundred dollars, sir.*
‘Is that the lowest?*
4 That is the lowest.*
4 Well, sir, I will call and give you
my decision to-morrow ;* and the stran
ger walked away.
4 Yes, you'll call to-morrow !* —O yes,
certainly** replied the owner, in a tone
of irony, not so low but the stranger
overheard him; but he kept on his way,
taking no outward notice of it.
* Frml mo. will vou ?* and ih
mered the owner confusedly— 4 1—I—I
really beg ten thousand pardons, sir, but
pardon me—but I mistook you for a cab
man, sir! I did indeed.*
4 No excuse, friend/ replied Itvihg. I
am no better than you took me for. You
acted perfectly right,* and having at
length succeeded in getting his receipt of
apologies, he politely bade the humble
carriage maker good day, and left him to
tho chagrin that he had mistaken for a
man whose lofty genius had commanded
the admiration of the whole world.—
The friend who related this anecdote,
asserted that it was a fact—and was
told to him by the veritable owner him
self. It doubtless proved a lesson to
him—not to judge of men by the if dress.
—A T . Y. Sun.
The Word u Selab ”
The translators of the Bible hate left
the Hebrew word Selah, which occurs
so often in the Psalms, as they have
found it, and of course the English rea
der often asks his minister, or some learn
ed friend,what it means. And the minis
ter or learned frieud has most often been
obliged to confess ignorance, because
it is a matter in regard to which the most
learned have, by no means, been of one
mind. Tho Targums, and most of the
Jewish commentators, give to the word
the meaning of eternally forever. Rabbi
Kimchi regards it as a sign to elevate
the voice. Tbe authors of tho Scptua-
gint translation appear to have regarded
it us a musical or rythmical note. Her
der regards it as indicating a change of
tone; Matheson as a musical note,equiv
alent to the word repeat. According to
Luther and others, it means silence !—
Gessenius explains it to mein: 44 Let
the instruments play and the singers
stop.’* Wocher regards it as equivalent
to sursum corda—up, my soul! Sommer,
after examining all the seventy-four pas
sages in which the word occurs recog
nizes in every case 44 an actual appeal
or summons to Jehovah. They are calls
for aid and prayers to be heard, express
ed either with entire directness,
not imperative 44 Hear Juhovah!
awake Jehovah, and the like, still earn
est addresses to God that be would re
member and hear,*.’ &c. The word it
self, he regards as indicating a blast of
trumpets by the priests. Selah, itself,
he thinks an abridged expression used
for Higgaion Selah—Higgaion indicat
ing the sound of the stringed instrument,
and Selah a vigorous blast of trumpets.
—Bibliotheca Sacra.
Newspapers iu Colleger
The learned professor rtf history ntld
philosophy in the South Carolina Col*
lege. Dr. Francis Licber, is in the hab
it of delivering regular newspaper Icc-
Singular, if True.
The New York Sun states that on last
Wednesday afternoon, a rather fashiona
ble young man, oldliout thirty, was nniice ^ ,,
ed promenading, between the Park aud j it of delivering regular newspaper
the Hospital in Broad wav. He was nt-! tores. Evofv fortnight the students as-
tired in somewhat sailor fashion, and j senjble for this purpose, nrlcl nfe e*pec-
presented evident marks of the ruin of j ted to be well acquainted with the chief
dissipation. His dark hair was long events both foreign and domestic that
and matted, and his toilet had nrtt been tuny have transpired during the nrece-
attended to for several days. At one j ding two weeks,' in the political, litera-
of his many turns he met two ladies.— j rv» and scientific worlds. r lhey art
One was tall, strikingly ha ml some, and | first examined* 'Recording lo a plan
dressed indeep mourning ; ihe other \Vas • which systematically embraces all coun
short and fair, and bedecked in light fan- j tries and are not only required to know
cy colors. When tho sailor and tlie la- the events, but are directed to Use books
dy iu mourning met, the latter wildly |reference so as to give a fair account
screamed, and would have fallen on j «f this development. After this, the
the sidewalk, but for the impulsive ef-‘ Professor lakes up 011c rtf the chief sub-'
fort of ihe strange looking man 10 catch jjocls mid lectures upon il, avoiding
her in his arms. “Good Heavens, Ed-j with, great skill, the dangers of party
ward,” convulsively gasped the female, politics.
and 44 Eliza, my own loved one,” was 1 I” bis political elides MO Imposes the
hoarsely whispered by the sailor. He‘duty ol reading carefully the newspa*
bore the fainting form in his arms gent-1 p«*rs ol die dav,a ml teaches the most pro*
ly into Mr.- 's store, where every 1 fitublc method of doing so Thus he
attention was paid to her situation. * j trains up young men under his insiruc-
Quite a gaping crowd was collected, * tioo, to be enlightened and practical
deeply interested by the scene. The j statesmen.—‘A*. ,x. Journal if Commerce*
lady is an actress of great promise ami : - - —
some European fame, now sojourning' It is said, that the night before tho
at one of our fashionable Hotels. 8I10 1 battle of Monterey, a number of the reg-
was to have appeared at one of our the-1 ulars, as well ns volunteers, were Irving,
atres in the course of next week. Huv-jto make ihemsclves scarce! When
ing heard of the death of her husband, j “ Old Zuck” heard of this feeling among
she left England about two mouths past.! the men, he ordered an old regular,
The history of her early marriage was } whom he knew to be a man not scared
one of woo and misfortune. Her bus- I at trilles, but who had been found crawl-
band, was a midshipman on board an i ing off under very suspicious circura-
English war steamer, was dismissed j stances, to lie brought Indore him.
for drunkenness, and joined a cruiser u! “Why Borden, said 4 old Zdck, f
suspicious character. In one ol his fits 44 1’in told you were frying to desert
of intoxication this man fell overboard your colors: yon certainly arc not a
in a gale of wind. A spar was thrown j man of that stripe ?”
him, by which he was miraculously sav- “Well, Giueral,” said the downcast
cd. He waa picked up by one of our j soldier, “to tell you the God’s truth, I
packets and landed at Peek .Slip on was, and am sort of skeer’d a Rule, fat
Saturday morning. Edward T n j they say old Santy’s got *lniut fifty thrtu-
is the husband tor whose rumored • sand the best troops in Mexico, lias pick-
death his young, beautiful and nccoin- ! ed ground, am! will give ihe boys here
plished wife went into mourning; ami i the hardest light any of us ever did sec!
thus, as we have described, did she in So I thought tlicr’d he a mighty small
gular manner fall in with her lost
Attentions of' the Brotherhood of Odd
Fellows.—=-Somc time ogo, William
Breed, a member of Montezuma Lodge
of the I. O. of O. F. of Boston, in con
sequence of bad health, was induced to
make a voyage to Nassau, in the hope
of being bcnefitlcd thereby. Two
weeks ago ho returned us far as Balti-
Shootingnt the Bubal Ink.
The.Picayune has q pleasant article
on this rare bird, which wc appropri
ate :
44 The rascals have, an instinctive
horror for cold lead, and a faculty of
dodging out of its way, which no oilier
birds, so far as our ornithological knowl
edge extends, are possessed of. Fre
quently have we crept directly ttmlcra
low ash or alder, upon the top of which
one of the chatterers was perched, inking
deliberate aim, our muskets charged
with about six inches of powder, and
blazed away. Down the bird would
come almost to the ground, ami when
thought wc hud him secure, off* he
more quite enfeebled, and with a broth-| xvou | ( | -After performing divers
er ol the Order in that citv. sncCiallv >•. : 1 u..
er of the Order in that city, specially
appointed to attend him, he came to
Philadelphia—but in such a stale as at
once to compel him to take, to his bed.
The facts being made known to the
members of Pacific Lodge, No. 200, of
this city, the Lodge appointed watchers,
and a committee to attend to the sick
brother’s wants. He died on the Mon
day morning following, and a commit
tee of Pacific Lodge conveyed the
corpse to the relatives in Boston. Sub
sequently at a meeting of Montezuma
Lodge, the kindness of the Lodge in
this city was acknowledged, and, we
are informed, that the amount expended
in proceeding to Boston with the re
mains of the deceased brother was ful
ly refunded. The circumstances in this
case exhibit in a pleasing and gratifying
aspect the principles and practices of
Odd Fellowship.—Philadelphia Sun.
Fool me, will you ?* and the owner
commenced whistling.
The next day came, and with it also
the stranger*
4 1 have come, according to promise,*
said he.
vuiea give* a neaq, anu ims 1 oc- said lie.
lieve,tnay generally be equalled, by ^‘J see you have sir,* replied the owner
a little abashed.
chance fu
and my
bc-
best
r little crowd to-morrow,
chance for awhile would
To desert, eh ?** said 4 old 5$ack.*
yVcll, you go back to your mess; things
look a little desperate to-night, but you
do your duty to-morrow, and it wc lose
the fight come aud find me, and ril de
sert with 1
1 you !
Firing Cannon without Powder.
Successful experiments have been made
in New Tork with a newly invented can
non, for discharging balls bv mechani
cal agency alone. No powder or other
explosive substance is used. With six
men to turn acrank, 300 balls of the size
of grape shot could be discharged in the
space of a minute, or as fast os the balls
could be pushed into a hole at the centre
of the cylinder, on which the cannon was
placed, though but one ball came from
the mouth of the cannon at a time* A
large cannon, capable cf carry ing a six-
pound ball, has occn put on board the
— v _ revenue cutter Polk, in the New York
4 1 will take that carriage, sir;* and to' bay. This is operated by a steam en- . vest
the astonishment of tho.olher, lie pulled gjoc. With this force applied to ihe ma- 1
out an old wallet, well stuffed with bills, J chine, we were informed that balls are
an^jldeliberately counted out two bun-; thrown with more force, and at a greater
distance, than can be done with powder.
yrations, and flappiu;
wings to convince us wc had not woun
ded or hurl him, lie would suddenly
stop still in the air, perk knowingly ami
wsckedly in our face, and in the joy
ousness of his exuberant fancy, would
open with a song of his Composition,
the burthen of which sounded to us
something like the following!
44 Ha, ha, ha—don’t, you wish y
could? Click, bang! Wasn’t I off*
season ? Hili-kn-dink. Pul in morc—
powder. You had better shoot with n
shovel. Ha, ha, ha, You can’t conic
it. Didn’t you think yon had me? hut
you didn’t though. Call again to mor
row—always find inc at home.—Chick
adee—lip, wheat. Never felt so well
in iny life. Don’t you feel cheap?—
Ha, ha, ha. Ripsidndv. Catch a bo-
balink asleep. Zitikawhcct. Yon arc
the greatest fool 1 ever saw. Licka-tc-
split. Give my respects to vonr aunt.
How’s your ma? Takes me. Hiji ‘
luve: circil dollars,
rva- • Tho owner wns completely staggered.
ligcni. wealthy and luxurious, tbe other from Ainericain this ncworderorihin"=, l ,ion ’ more limited,.it is true, than we | Hero was something new. A cabma
Brutalized, oppressed and poor. Pos- will emulate cur progress in freedom 1 coulJ ' ,av0 wished, she maintains tn full j w itli so much money ! Hctooklhetn>
Hard of Hearing.
44 1 have a small bill against you/*
said n pertinacious looking colleClor, f a9
he entered the store of one who had
acquired the character of a hard custo
mer. 44 Yes, sir-—-it very fine day ia
indeed,” was the reply. 44 1 am not
speaking of the weal her, but yodr bill/ :
replied Peter, in a louder key. 44 It
would be better if we had n little rain.”
44 Damn the rain !** continued the col-
lcctoj: and, raising his voice, he lmwlccl
“have you any mpney on your bill ?’*
Beg your pardon,' sir,l*m*alittle hard
of hearing. I have made it a rule not
to lend my funds to strangers; and I
really do n’t recognize you.” 44 i*m col
lector for the Philadelphia Daily Exlin-
! guishcr,*ir,and hare a bill against you !’*
] persisted the collector, nt the lop afllis
j voice, producing the bill and thrusting
it into the face of the debtor. 44 I’ve
determined to endorse for no one. You
put your note back in your pocket-book.
I really cannot endorse it.” 44 Con
found your endorsement I Will you
pay it?” “YouMl pay it! 'No doubt,
sir—but there is always some risk about
these matters, vou know. I must de
cline il, sir.”—A 7 . O. Ddtu. .
Old Mock in New Torit.—The New
, York Courier says:—- 44 Thc celebration
j of the ,ai»nivcrsary of the battles of Polo
zipTrnule^baml" * HalTe, j£‘ ■m.l ltpaca <le Li l-alma, by the
thunder Skeet •” ! fricnds-of General lnylor last evening,
A Tier indulging in ll.isl.it of extern-1 " ? 3 . as eritbu.i.nic as the most anient
porancons raillery, and laughing all admirers qf the veteran general could
while—wo could fairly sec him laugh I <'««"■• Ijafavctle Ha I was filled, and
—the bobalink would turn and flv off! *J ,C appeals of the speakers called forth
to the neat bush, leaving us f naJ ,! frequent and Iren.endons hursts of np-
crcep up ami bang away again or no', j I’Utuse. It was cv.dcnt that the fechng
to suit our own Tnnev. Tort, sauev, m l ", v ." r ’“■? »f|utrcd n greater
noisy, witty fellows arc these hahalinfcs! P“' vcr “" d 'nten.ily than ever.”
—the Mcrcutios and Gossamers of the j _ ~ ' '•* ‘
feathered tribe-*-but they never meddle* 44 What is meant by ‘alluvial dcpo3-
witb politics.” j its ?* Mid an honest fellow, who had
'just none from the New York Geologi
progress in freedom V , ' uvu .“ ‘ .r 1 ,.
Each century will be-! forcc lhc particular quality described in
I and new. liamcr in a! lhc following passage:
tbe old world aod new, rising toaj^ ,c foll° w J n S I* . _ - lo'iwyszrf on. • ., • . ,
sr platform. Hand in band like!. 4 ‘ Hospitality to ai degree totally un- examined his boots attentively. I lien i $5000, and is said to have been taken,
* - * ~ r “'he counted the money over and held up! or rather left by Santa Anna, ia bis late
each bill to the light to see if it were not j pcrcipilate flight from Puebla. The
ly xoie recognized. It pervaded grad-; travail of the race of man. That peri-
ually all tbe then known world, surpass-1 od, sore to arrive some day, will be the
ing in extent as in splendor what had! Miillcnium of the Evangelist; a
‘efore. The social system was * perfect harmony and love will
riiflerSut from wjbat it IiaiTj his bold prcfiguralion “that the Lion
b aud Lamb shall lie dowi
uer Egypt or Assyria, the
5 down together.”
i the virtue of all
an can hardly through
saasiug many of the features of Assyri- and intelligence.
^^nd even .some of the peculiar!-; hold the old wot
Wf tep-TRgl,er platform. Hand in band” like' “ Hospitality to a ties
i ideas of their sisters of one family, the two continents known in England, is tl
iq entirely new i will advance in their glorious jouruer America; and a mnucni
Jailed in ils turn upwards, until at last they will suntl inclination, but e*jx»iall^ .
But Egypt fell, and 1 on the highest possible summit of bu- be niggardly on anyoccasions that call for slruek h i m .
•term of the world’s i roan perfcctability, and enjoy for, lhc it; bis great expense will be wine, rum, name .
51 came the Roman, I first lime, since the expul lion from ' * ' *
eeks is not to he class- : Eden, true and lasting freedom and
olyas an adjuncL^ofi happiness. Looking back from’uhat
I Roman civilization pinnacle over the expanse of tbe world’s
was eminently original. \V hat it owed history future ages will comprehend,
to Kgjrpt. wf« SO transmuted as scarce-; what this age cannot, the whole long
Santa Anna') SaJdU.—There is now .■ , - •• .
to be seen at 05 St Charle. street, the! nllacl,cd 10 ellhcr P !ir '?-
UnmcrcJoL—A n old laielic or : J ca i Festival the other day. ”0,” replied
st, who edits a paper, beads his Um his (Hcnii> .. can .. a5k gu ^, a
of marriage notices “melancholy ncc.-| |ilmJ q' hc meaning is as clear as
dents,” but lacking even lhc common ; Inilt j/,
courtesy always, exercised by editors t *•»— -
in reference to accidents,, he omits the- { j Hard lilt.—Arcli-dcncon
exculpating phrase, “no Manic can oc , pj,| 1( . r) having preached an old sermon
•, which he was not aware that Con-
, looked at it, and then at the slran- • most splendid saddle that American
! ger—eyed him from head to foot'and even j eyes ever looked upon. It is valued nt
counterfeit. No—all good. A thought
He would find out his
and a few oilier articles of house-keep- ^ . j sl ,pposc you would like a receipt ?*
ing, not that this amounts to anythiug said he at length to tlio stranger.
very considerable.** It may be as well/ I (J _
Wc must take room for wbat follows 4 Yes, sir. What name?’ gold ; the eyes of the eagle are comjMis-
as to silk, oir, and wool, as lhc result 4 Washington Irving.* * ed of diamonds, and the whole cnpnri-
of experience at that day. What can ^ 4 Sir,’ said the other, actually starting son is adorned with jewels. Ember
be said of the policy of government, or 1 back with amazement, 4 Did I under- jjnurata’s snuff-box, Santa Anna’s sa-
tlie indolence of individuals, under stand vonr name wa •* _ * cramental cup, the gold-embroidered
Washington Irving,’replied tbe oilier! dress of his infant child, and many
housings arc of the most gorgeous de
scription—the bridle of silver gilt, to
Kidd Treasure
penter obtained
damages against i
New-York, on
prisonment, arising ouiof the specula-i _ ,
lion to recover tho Kidd treasure, sup- J . r > a V
posed to have been buried in the Nm* if-gj*
f the framers
B __ HHHHH ,iuin't* avouthofpa-
wliich are attached massive ornaments River. The case occupied the court |«rjoiuii blood, tho f ! | l. ,cr another
of solid gold. The pommel of the sad- U vo weeks, and ils warmth m»v be;«dtn«»ro n eb.an origm. “ Who cares
»• ‘ r-............r ,t..........
die represents the head of an eagle, judged of bv Mr. Bowman, for dei'md- ; 1,,r ,lial 1 , r i l | uo, l l ll,c ia,,C r r jjV
made of solid silver richly plated with ant, calling Mr. While, for jdaintiff, a j anc Gamers °l *l ,<!
id in ils which such sourscs of enjoyment and
s'ustain revenue have been destroyed or neg-
liar, during the summing «|>» causing ; mg-hsii&e.
contempt tbe Con, finudeneb S100.
Keen Retort. “1 a m often round nt!cd by the vole ol Congress. Il >3 neat,.
... tl :.* — '——r. ni.nrnnri'il/* mill fit at about
ol this careful and candid
—-au almost imperceptible siniUThover-'other trophies are also to be seen.—j the tables of the rich,” said a coxcomb ( chaste .. .
in$ around his mouth. ■ These rarities arc well worth seeing.—! to a poor neighbor. j seven hundred dollars. It lias already
* Wu*h-*-Ir—sir—my dear sir,—slam-' A 7 . O. Delia. I “ Soian calf's head," was theanswer. been forwarded to the Depart incut.