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BY J. H. CHRISTY & T. M. LAMl'KIN,)
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. J
NEW SERIES—VOL. L, NO. 48.
DcuotcD to Nays, politics, Literature, (General intelligence, ^Agriculture, &c.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1848. i««
| TERMS:— 1 TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
INVARIABLY
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 8.
P oetrn.
“LOOK NOT ON THE WINE WHEN RED"
A 8050, DY A. B. MLi.K, EsQ.
Oh look n
Wlie
m!.c-
y.-«alc
For thou cf» bright liu
Twill burn thy priceless spirit up.
The dark browed (Jucen of Kgypt gave
Her richest jewels to its w ave.
And, as they perished in the bow l
Will sink the treasures of thy soul!
Oh look not on the crimson wine,
Let not its waters kiss thy lips,
For in their pay, delusive shine
There’s hidden death for him who sips
The olden fount the prophet viewed,
Gleamed brightly i '* " 1 *
And thus the flower-wreathed goblet’s breath
Brings desolation, woe, and death!
Ob look noton tlic tempting wine;
FAss not beneath its syren rod,
Nor botr, before its demon shrine,
The image of creation's God!—
It is the fabled Circe bowl
That dwarfed the stature, drowned the soul,
And bv its sorcery, fell though mute,
Translortncd the angel to the brute I
Oh look not on the wine when red;
It is the deadliest human foe;
It wreaths a cypress round the head,
And lays the loftiest trophies low.
It darkens virtue, |»oisoii.i health,
Blasts peace and hope, and robs of wealth,
Crime, pain, and famine r
Then look not on the v
e whe
SPRING FLOWERS.
The flowers! the lovely flowers !
They are springing forth again;
Are opening their gentle eyes
In torcst and in plain!
They cluster round the ancient stem,
And ivied roots of trees,
Lika children playing gracefully
About a fathers knees.
The flowers! the lovely flowers!
Their pure and raidant eyes
Greet us where'er we turn our steps,
Like angels front tho skies!
They say that nought exists on earth,
However poor a ml small,
Unseen by God; the meanest things,
Ho careth fur them all!
The flowers! the lovely flowers!
The fairest type are they
Of the soul springing from its nigh
To sunshine und to day;
For though they lie all dead and c<
With winters snow above,
The glorious spring doth call them forth
To happiness and love!
Ye flowers! yo lovely flowers!
We greet yo well and long!
With light, and warmth, and sunny smile,
Ami liarmony and song!
All dull and sad would bo our earth,
Were your bright beauties not:
the oily*—ten to one lhcy’11 meet the
elephant.”
Meet the elephant—I don’t under
stand.”
By this time, according to the cler
gyman’s account, tho knave must have
tired of fooling with his victim, for he
answered saucily—
“ I can’t stop to talk with you—pay
2 my three dollars and let me go.”
The country gentleman, unsuspicious
hour before of stick tricks, yet fell
that he was being cheated, mildly declin
ed to pay the money.
Then you must go before a magis
trate,” cried Jehu, in a rage.
Willingly, and if tho magistrate
says that your charge is right, I will
pay it.”
Better pay it nowand save the costs
of court.”
The costs of court!—will a justice
of the jicace charge anything for an-
ring a single question
A single question ! if you go to law
with me, we’ll have a regular trial ac
cording to the new Constitution—I’ll
have a jury of twelve men if they can
he got, or six anyhow,” answered the
hackman.
The clergyman endeavored to com
promise with the Jehu, but a new idea
had entered into the rascal’s head, and
ow not only demanded three dol
lars fare, but extra pay for the delay.—
The victim concluded to see the magis
trate, and lie re-entered the hack and
driven off—where, lie could not
tell; but bis description of the scene
which followed was ludricous enough.
I was introduced to the magistrate,
who shook hands with me,asked the hack-
man what was the nature of the charge,
and shook his head when told that I would
not pay three dollars lor riding from the
steamboat to the hotel. 1 asked him if the
charge was just? He said that tlicncw
law was not clear to his apprehension,and
that llie jury mu3t decide the matter;
and lie thanked God that under the new
Constitution they were judges of the
law and the fact, and did’nt
the benches in the Supreme Court—then
he walked away with the driver, and
told me I must consider myself .
oner until the ease was adjudicated. I
asked him for my carpet bag. He said
that the new law did not allow a p
oner to have a carpet bag or trunk, until
the chief of police had examined into
the contents—and he asked me for the
key to send with the hag to the chief*:
olhcc, which I gave to him. I wailed for
An Irish Letter.
TI'LI.YMVCCLESCRag, Parish of BALX.Ta.UtAT, )
Near BalltalVchclthet, Nov. 22, 1847. j
Mr dear Nephew :—i haven’t cent
you a lcther since the last time I wrote
to you, because we have moved from |
Fact* in Hie Vegetable ?-'!ugdosn.
There arc twenty-one species of the
pine; among which the cedar is the
largest, and the wild, or Scotch.the most
important producing yellow deal, and
trunks cixty or eighty feet high. The
silver fir is not less valuable its quick
growth and vast size. The lurch is ano
ther specimen of rapid gtpwi h.
There arc sixty species of the pepper
tree.
There arc 100 species of heaths, and
four natives of England. In the High
lands they arc used in buildin
and for malt liquor. Theydy _
color, with a mordant of alum.
There arc 21G species ol lichen ; of
hich the crchall is purple or crimson
die ; the omphalodcs, paler, but more
lasting; and islandicus used us bread,
d in medicine.
Bamboo is, in the torrid zone, f nd in
the East,a production of various most im
port ant uses, and grows from fifteen to . . w
silly feel high, being from five lo fif. I during tho whole time of Iris confine-
teen inches in diameter. It is well i tnent.and, I believe his death was ocka-
former place of living and I didn’t
know where a lcther would find you ;
but I now wid pleasure take up my pin
lo inform j’ou of the death of your own
livin’ uncle Kilpatrick, wlm died very
sudcnly last week after a lingering ill
ness of six months. The poor man was
in violent convulsions tho whole time
ds, I of his sic kness, lying perfectly quisle
and spachcless, all the while talking in
coherently and crying for watlicr. I
had no opportunity of informing you of
his death sooner, cxeipt l wrote to you
by the last post, which wint ofi two days
before he died, and thin you’d had the
postage to pay. I am at a loss to tell i «
what his death was ockasioucd by, but
I fear it was by his last sickness, for lie
niver was well tin days thegithcr
known hy its hollowness and its joints
it grows rapidly, as much as twenty
feet in a few weeks. It flourishes wild
in many places; and in China, and oth
er countries, is carefully cultivated in
plantations. The soft shoots arc cut
and eaten like asparagus, and sometimes
salted and ate with rice. The hollow
joints afford a liquid, drank by the peo
ple ; and if not drawn off a concrete
medicinal substance is formed, and much
valued. Decoctions ol the leaves and
hark arc also prescribed. Its seeds arc
eaten as a delicacy; its large joints arc
used as buckets ; and, in many coun
tries, no other wood is used for building
houses. Ships arc framed out of it, and
it furnishes masts and yards. Its leaves
make fans. It is also used to make bows,
and instead of lead pipes to convey wa
ter to great distances. It also forms
writing pens, and is woven into baskets,
cages, hats, &e.—bruised into pulp it
makes fine paper; it is also used for
every kind of furniture, and is imitated
in Europe by painting the knots of chairs
and tables.
Four only of the species of cotton or
gossypium, arc important to commerce.
The herbaceous is but two feel high,
with capsules full of seeds wrapt in cot
ton wool. The hirsutum, same size,
with hairy stalks and leaves, and Amer
ican. Barbadoes lour lo five feet high.
The cotton tree, perennial and six or
eight feet high.
The mahogany tree is a native ofCu
Miscellaneous.
From the Now York Dtipitcli.
Jk clergyman token in and done for
»r a Cabman.
. The boat from Albany landed on the
pier, last. Tuesday morning, an inno
cent, unsophisticated clergyman from
tho western part of the Stale, who had
never been in this city before, and of
courso knew nothing of the vicious hab
its of tho “ elephant.” The clergyman
stood on the pier, with his carpet-bag
in his hand and a wondrous express-
- ion on his mild countenance, when ho was
espied by a Jehu who was on the look
out for a fare.
“Coach sir?** says Jehu, touching
his hat respectfully, and looking rather
demurely.
" Yes, my friend,” tho clergyman re
plied,waking suddenly from his reverie,
“Ido want a coach.”
•• All right sir, come this way,’* and
Jehu seized the carpet-bag, to which
its owner clung, and was dragged
through tho crowd to a rickety old ma
chine, which the driver called a coach.
'•Whereto, sir,” said Jehu.
" To any respectable public house—
1 am a stranger here.”
"I'll cany you to the best one it.
town—the hotel where rooms have been
taken for the King ofFrancc.”
“Bless me!” said the clergyman,
" is the ex-King of France coming over
—•I did’nt hear of that ?”
“ Expected next steamer, sir, he
more than an hour before a jury was ba, Jamaica, &c. t and grows from GO
ctnpannclcd ; when the trial began, the to 100 feel high,with deep green foliage,
magistrate asked me il 1 had counsel? orange colored flowers, and fruit the
I replied no; upon which he said the size of a large egg.
court would assign me a counsel, and a j Cork, whose specific gravity is 240, c
red faced man who stood in the doorway I onefourth that of water, is the bark of
was told to take charge of my ease.— tree called gucrcns super,'which flourishes
would have been here before, only he the slate for a few minutes, and then
wanted to see'll Inn Onni'li nf Pnnlnnil ■■i*. i I I .11 .i .i
The hackman was examined and told
his story very briefly. Then 1 was put
upon the stand and questioned and cross
questioned for two hours. I was obliged
to state of my wife’s health—how many
children 1 had—it my congragation was
large—what salary I hiul, and whether
it was paid monihly or quarterly—
whether there had been a revival in the
jiborhood during the year—what my
opinion on ship fever was—whether
there had been any Cases of small pox
in my town, and if all the children had
been vaccinated, and what works on
natural history 1 had read, and whether
I had seen the elephant ? To each of
these questions my counsel loudly pro
tested, and offered to show from the new
slitulion that I could not be com
pelled to answer them. But 1 told hita I
would much rather answer them at once
than lose time iti discussion. Finally the
was given to the jury, after a long
charge irom the judge, in which lie said
that whatever might be their verdict,
they must remember that I was a cler
gyman who had heretofore borne an ex
cellent character, and that I was entitled
to the benefit of a doubt, if there
such a thing In the ease, which he felt
obliged to say he doubted. He then re
ferred to them the new constitution, and
“the whole duty of man,” an excellent
work as I knew, and then sent them
out foe consultation. It was afternoon
when the jury came in with a verdict
for the plaintiff. The judge ciphered r-
*.»«. r r....... * i .i .
sioned by his alin too much of rabbits
stuffed with pays and gravy, or paj’s
and gravy stuffrd with rabbits, I can’t
tell which; but be that as il will, as soon
he brathed his last, the docthor gave
cr all hopes ofbis recovery. I need n’t
tell you anything about his lingo for you
well know that in March nixt he would
have been twenty five years owhl, lackin
tin months ; and had he lived till that
time he would thin have bin just six
months dead. His pioplierty now de
volves on his next kin who is dead some
time ago, so that I cxpict it will be di
vided bctwanc us, and you know his
propherty is very considerable, for he
liad a fine estate, which was swold to
pay his dibts, and the remainder lie lost
in a horse race ; but it was the opinion
of every body at tho lime, that he would
have won the race if the horse he run
against hadn’t been too fast for him.
I niver saw a man, and the docthcrs
all say so, that observed directions or
tuck medicine bother than he did. He
said lie would as lave take hither as
swate, if it had only the same taste, and
Ipicakinna as whiskey punch if it only
would put him in the same humor for
fighlin. But, poor sowl, he will niver
ate or dhrink more ; and yo huvn’t a livin
rclashun in the world cxeipt myself
and your two cousins who were kilt in
the last war
I can’t dwell on this mournful subject,
and shal sale my lether wid black salin-
wax and put cn il your uncle’s coat of
arms, so 1 beg you not to break the sale
when you open the lcther, anti dont
open it til three or four days after you
resave it, by that lime you will be pre
pared for the sorrowful tidins. Your
owld swatchcnrt sends her love to you
unknown lo me.—When Tarry M’Gee
arrives in Amerika ax him for this lcther,
and if he disn’t know it from the rest,
tell him its the one that spakes obout
your uncle’s death and salcd in black.
I remain your affectionate owld grand
mother. Judi O’Hooligan.
ToLarray O’Oohligan, late ofthe town
of Tullymucclcscrag, Parts of Bully rag-
get, near Ballysluchguthcy, in the
county of Kilkinny. Ireland.
P. S. Dont’t write to me till you re
save this.
N.B. Whin you come to this place stop
and don’t read anv more till my nixt.
healthful and agreeable. A sea-dip has
had votaries since the existence of Nep-
i tunc ; and its friends and admirers arc
j cveron the increase; it is a most strength-
| cning and vigorous recreation. Never,
friend, be you young or old, Eve or
Adatn, so long as prudence, aflliction, or
known causes, do not prohibit (for there
arc prohibitions of course, which coin-
motiscnse will tell) never neglect the
opportunity of a “ rush” in and out of
the “briny element.” Iain not advising l . .
you to be nmp'hibious, und dabble and , Association h;i
paddle half your time away, but merely
take an immersion for a couple of min
utes—out and dress. A sea bath may
be taken daily, and almost at any sea
son, if weather permit; but it is uuad-
visable, and also of little use, to make a
toil of a pleasure, and lienee judge from
your own feelings and convenience.—
Sea-bathing is extremely wholesome,
and very strengthening.
A cold plunge bath—a swim in the
river (swimming is a fine exercise as
ell as a most useful acquirement, and
should always be learnt as early as pos
sible)—a douche—a site, and a show
er bath, aro all admirable helps to
tho recovery and preservation of health,
and the attainment of nervous tone and
Water, Fulton and Pearl streets. Mr. [ the U.S. government in Texas, came to
Johnson and his lady, the present popu- j Gen. Taylor’s camp for the especial
lar host and hostess, will no doubt cheer- j purpose of advising Gen. Taylor not to
fully make way for the amiable old coil- trossvfhc Nueces, lest he should iuvolvc
pic. Mr. Ilolt. wo understand, desires j the government in a war with Mexico,
to purchase the building to bequeath it to ( Gen. Taylor in the. mean time bavin;
who stood bv hit
rases.—N. Y. Mot
his faithful
fully
*Star.
National Washington monument.
The National Washington Monument
uly through the
; board of managers, made public tbode-
jn to lay the corner-stone of the Na
tional Washington Monument on the 4th
of July next; and the undersigned have
been appointed u committee to make the
jht to be an article
of toiletry in every chamber; in which
ease the morning “deluge” should never
be omitted. Iluhit will so accustom one
to its use, that the wintry wind will but
add lo its enjoyment ami absolute utili
ty, if it can be borne. It is out of the
question during a “cold” and less sal
utary when the stomach is out of order.
its fo
vet IV If
hieli is one that appeals
the patriotism and to the hear
American citizen.
We invite the citizens of the States
lo co-operate with us iu the general de
sign which we now submit.
As the monument is national, a dele
gation is requested from each Stale and
Territory, with a banner inscribed with
the great seal of the Slate, and some
other appropriate device, to be hereafter
deposited iu the monument, with a suita
ble inscription to perpetuate to the lat
est posterity a knowledge of their origin
and use, and the names ami services of
the delegations that bore them. If
wrought by females, their names to he
recorded ami perpetuated in the same
manner—witlfstatements ofthe times
and places of presentation to the re
spective delegations.
A military corps is invited from each
State, so as to form, when united, one
great military and civic procession.
Washington was “ first in war, first in
! peace, and first in the heartsol hiscoiin-
i trymen.” Combined with these, we
> form iu the procession the
odd-fellows’, firemen’s, ami
r^ug. I temperance associat’
‘Don't be above your Business. 1
‘Young man, don’t be above y
business,’ was the advice ofAbott L:
rcncc to one of his clerks, who had
idea that hisdignily was outraged by the J l >ru P ose
menial employment of a ‘ chore-boy.’— 1
‘Young man, don’t be above your bus-. - . - .
incss,’ is advice which applies to all ! lra Y° i s an “ pursuits* with proper devices
with equal benefit. Don’t be afraid of u,,t * banners. Literary ami scientific
soiling your hands; the world will think ass p cial ‘V ns
just as well of you, and
southern Europe, and northern Asia.
It falls from the tree at 12 or 15 years
old ; but for commerce they arc stript
for several years successively and then
allowed an interval of 2 or 3 years.
The young trees aro stript only every
third year. It is flattened by being piled j
up in damp places, and loaded with
weights, it is then dried over fires for
use. As a bad conductor of heat it is
used to increase the warmth of apart
ments, and as the lightest and mostelas-
tic of the woods no substance is more
generally useful.
The morus or mulberry tree has seve
ral species. The white, feeds silk worms
in China, the leaves sheep, and the
blanches make fire-wood. The black
produces the best fruit. The bark of the
papyrifero species is employed in Japan . Q t
to make paper, and't also makes fine once a fortnight, oy every adult „«.«.»*».*. «,
white cloth. . universe winter, spring, summer and: p or crct jj t
The cinnamon tree is a species of j autumn. .In the cold months it reno-
laurcl, and is a native of Ceylon. It! vates and stimulates the dormant circu-
grows to 20 or 30 feet and its trunk and J lotion. In the temperate, equalises the
branches produce the bark. J same, cleanses the skin, diffuses a de-
Iudian arrow root is a native plant of | Joyful gl<
South America and cultivated * " ' ' ,n
West Indies. It is a creeping root, with
will prosper better, llow many men
have been ruined and made bankrupt,
from the very fact that they were * above
their business.’ They were men of
business, and must have their boots
blacked, their whiskers and goalees
trimmed, and other ct cetcras perform
ed, which would not be in keeping with
their self-opinion to do themselves.—
They arc * above their business,’ and
what are tho consequences? Why,
debts, empty purses, neglect of busi
ness and ruin. This has been the ease
with thousands who have begun the
game ol life with every prospect of play
ing it to their-ndvantage, and all owing
to their having got * above they; busi
ness.'
A good story is told of a poor batter
of New Bedford, Mass., who applied to
J. J. Astor for a purchase of fur, and as
he had not money enough to pay down
for the quantity he wanted, asked for
credit on a part. Mr. Astor told him
that he did not trust strangers without
good city reference. This the batter
could not obtain, so he shouldered the
fur he had paid for and left the store.
* Slop, sir,* said Mr. A., ‘comeback,
you can have credit for any amount of
goods you want.’
‘ But, sir,’ returned the haltc
_ „ . „ „ . .... city reference—I arn a strain
A word or two abont Eatlung. j^ crc , J
Bathing bas ils seasons and limes : . jio mailer,’ said Mr. A., • I want
but they are always more or Ies» pres- a dj;ti ooa [ recommendation than that
as a means of health. A warm bath I : usl furnished hy yourself. The
;bt lo betaken once a week, at least j , wt uhote noc ,i n(
hesitate to apply to John Jacob Astor
' Young man, don’t be above your
business —Madison Family Visitor.
wanted to see if the Queen of England
would’nt want to come along too.
" Ah,” said the clergyman, “ we live
In exciting times !* :
“ We don’t do anything else, sir,”
responded Jehu,as bejumped on the box,
and applied whip to his miserable nags.
To what den of tkieycs the rascally
coachman carricdour country friend, we
told me to pay three dollars to the coach
man, seven dollars costs of Court, and
three dollars counsel fee. My counsel
said that I could appeal, if I would lodge
one hundred dollars with the Court, as
security, that I would.carry, the case
up. But I preferred to pay the seven
teen dollars, especially as I had’nt the
hundred dollars, to lodge as security. I
, to describe the place or its locality to
I the police. But it was opposite a dirty
f looking building that ho was put down
by the driver who demanded three dol
lars fare.
“ Three dollars!” exclaimed the
clergyman, “why a neighbor of mine
said the rates were fixed by law, and
I would have to pay only three shil-
lings to ride a mile in the city.”
“Oh, that was before the news of
the French revolution came; wages
have riz, since then, and the law is for
every man to get as much as he can
&
that law—we do.'
But, my fricud, if 1 had known
that you would have demanded so much
1 should have walked.’
“ Taint §afe for strangers to walk in
cannot say, since the victim was unable was then allowed to depart, the Court
giving me an order on ike chief of police
tor my carpet bag.”
This was the story of the country
clergyman, related with child-like sim
plicity at the chiefs oflice,where he pre
sented the order for his bag and was told
that ho had been grossly imposed upon.
The knaves into whose bands he fell
bad amused themselves nearly an 511-
tire day with their victim before they
plucked him.
A Judge onco said lo a lawyer more
and keeps all he gets, and we go in for Remarkable for the number o^his words fe^t.
•*”"wo do." £ than the sense ol his speechek, tha**hc ”
was “very much like necessity.”—
“How do you make that outf* inquired
the loquacious attorney. "Because,’’said
the Juege,” necessity'knows no law.” Jffistillutn-
stalks about two feet high,and the roots
pounded and bleached make the starch
which is used as nutricious food. It was
supposed lo be an antidote to the poison
of Indian arrows,and hence its odd name.
Linnaeus calls il maranta.
The banian is the sacred tree of the
Hindoos. Every branch shoots a new
root to the ground, so that they spread
indefinitely and afford shady retreats for
comfort and religion.
The date in alt tropical countries, is
ie of the most common trees, and grows
from 50 to 100 feet, afibrding food,cloth
ing, &c. v ‘
The banana or pla mtaJqu tlgSnpsl use
ful of trees. Its fruit 12 rncht
two thick, serves for bread ; J
serve for cloth and covering; the root
is perennial, but the stalk is annual aud
grows to 15 or 20‘feet. - « '
The chiuchona tree which produces
the Peruvian bark* flourishes chiefly iu
tbe elevated plains of Quito.
Cassada roots are made into bread
in Brazil, aud its starch i3 what we call
tapioca.'-
Sarsaparilla is the root of a Peruvian
plant called smilax. Sassafras is the
r » ■ 1 „1 £-• 1
lied to attend,
it h the schools of tho District,
under the care of their respective teach
ers. The different State delegations,
military corps, societies, associations,
and schools, arc requested lo hand to
the marshal a roll containing the name
of each person in attendance, to be
corded aud perpetuated as in other cn
As the board ol managers consid
er the fund contributed by our liberal
and patriotic fellow citizens for the erec
tion of the monument too sacred to Ik
diverted and expended for any other
object, we can only promise the
ters on that day a hearty welcome, good
water, and beautiful grounds f
mpment.
The editors and publishers of news
papers throughout the United Slates arc
|ucstcd to publish thisconiinunicalion,
and aro invited to attend the ceremony
of laying the corner-stauc ol tho inotiu-
nt, and to bring with them one
her of their paper containing this i
to bo frpo sited in the Monument ^
personal attendance shall be iuconve- j tl ian sc
nientAfjcy will be pleased Jo send their
papers to the general agent soon as
practicable, that seasonable arrange
ments may be made for their being plac
ed in the monument.
To carry out this general design, we
earnestly desire communications from
every part ofthe Union, without delay,
to Elisha Whittlesey, general agent, who
will deliver them lo Joseph II. Bradley,
chief marshal.
AltCH. HENDEllSON, Ch’n.
M.F. MAURY 1 ,
W. LENOX,
JOS. II. BRADLEY.
Washington, May 11, 1S4S.
informed by the government that
it wished him to'confer* with Muj. Don
aldson. In the course of events, Muj.
Donaldson led Gen. Taylor’s camp,
and there came on from Washington,
letters to Gen. Taylor informing him
that ho should move jntrt of his forces
tees/ of ;Uc Nueces. Gen.. Taylor not
wishing to divide his small comnumd, anti
the government having relieved him of
/he responsibility if crossing the Nncccs t he
took his whole force over, as lie could
by s<» doing readily obtain a good camp
ing ground, and a depot convenient for
ar y | his military stores. The events that
followed this movement on the part of
Gen. Taylor are familiar to the world.
The above is a true statement of the
preliminaries that led to the advance of
our army on Matutnoros. The main
facts can be gathered, as 1 have staled,
from the ‘ public documents’ already
published, containing the correspon
dence of Gen. Taylor with the war de
part meat previous to the battles of the
sih and Bill of May. Other facts stated
can be proved if denied. The most su
perficial observer must perceive that
Gen. Taylor has never been inconsist
ent, and that charges made against him,
whether frivolous or of weight, when
examined into, only cause his prudence
uui strict ‘obeying ol orders* to be
mm; anil more admired. The stalc-
neut made in Congress that some in-
lividual from Mississippi had called on
Gen. Taylor, at Baton Rouge, ami that
x long*conversation lie had had with
11. Taylor the Genera! admitted, he
k the responsibility of moving across
the Nueces, caused me to write you this
letter. The publication of an admitted
trivatc conversation is certainly very
ndclicatc, but when it professes to give
the details of a conversation that never
tok place, it amounts to the cnminiltal
f the most ollensive falsehood.”
Singular Coincidences.
Of the various candidates for the Pre
sidency of the two great parlies three
were born in New Hampshire, to wit,
Cass, Woodbury, and Webster—and.
three in Virginia, to wit, Clay, Taylor,
aud Scott. They were all, too, in both
States, born within a circle of less than
a hundred miles. Webster was born iu
Concord, Cass iu Exeter,and Woodbury
in Frnncislown. In Virginia, Clay was
born in Hanover, Taylor in Orange,
about 50 miles from Clay’s birth-place
and Scott iu Dinwiddic, about the same
distance from Hanover. It is an inter
esting fact,which is not generally known,
that three ofthe Presidents of the United
Stales were born in one county (West-
inorclaiY^in Vi rginia, and one of the poor
est counties in Hie Stale. New Hamp-
-1 shire has not been far behind Virginia
! > j in her contributions to the galaxy of our
listiuguishcd men. There are no less
ban seven members of the present Sen -
ate who were born in that Slate.—O.
Delta.
w the whole body, and
the I k ec P s itin health. In the summer months
il refreshes and exhilcrates; it at the
same time clears the skin of its impur
ities, and carries off the seperfiuous heat
of the*body, by accelerating perspira-
tiou. As a local paliative to congestion
or pain—to a cold, or a “ touch of the
rheumatics,” it has no equal—.*
forter alter fatigue, it is invalu
an appendage to a man’s pleasure,
comparable. But alL the eulogy in
the world cannot express the feeling
which experiment alone commands,;
therefore, if the reader bean invalid and
attach any faith to my counsel, let him
take a warm bath at the intervals re
commended (if means and convenience
aregafhand) and select the time he wjll
be the least hurried in the process for
the indulgence, and prove It. Perhaps
ives morning is the most^
’ and
wood of a tree ofthe laurel kind.
Tbe great palm or date tree grows ii
inyenient lime;
but it is as efficient in the evening of the
day. The idea of taking cold is out of
the question. |
A vapor bath is one of the greatest
conceivable luxuries. It clears the body
of every impurity—unloads the lungs,
rendering the breathing free and delighl-
fub—removes all possible aches and
pains, detaches blotches, scurf and other
disfigurations, and leaves the skin 9ofi
as velvet. Besides all these qualifica
tions, it is most exhilaralivc, healthful
and agreeable. It makes tbe elderly
Africa-to tbe "height of GO, SO, and 100 i lecl Young; and, used at intervals, de
fect. jcidcilly promotes longevity. A vapor
Botanists'inferthat plants are poison- bath ought to be taken every two
o is wheo the fruit is a berry, the flower! three weeks throughout a whole life.
Freaks of Fortune.
Some twenty-flfoyears ago a j’oung
man and his wifeaopfened a little eating
house in this city, near Fulton Market.
By industry and good management they
amassed a handsome fortune, bought se
veral lots of ground, and with the aid
of more capital, for which they mortgag
ed their properly, they built a mngnifi-
invaluablc—as} cent hotel of white marble, six stories
high, fronting on three streets. But the
interest on the mortgage proved a can
ker-worm, eating into the profits of their
splendid establishment; and in a few
years the mortgage was foreclosed, the
building and lots sold for less than half
their value, (less tharrthe amount ofthe
mortgage,) and the man and his wife,
now grown old, were turned out of
bouse and home. With a little help
from his son, the old man again com
menced in the world in a small eating
house, but became again unfortunate;
the old lady then opened a private hoard
ing house; the son went to another city
and established a hotel, and the family,
by their untiring industry, succeeded in
maintaining a respectable position in
society, although in tbe scale of wealth
'mueasurably below their former sta
tion. Some months ago the old mao
beard ofthe death of a wealthy relation
in England, who had left him a fortune
of about eight hundred thousand dollars.
He went to England, administered on
the estate and secured the property. He
l's now richer than he ever was before.
In this brief narrative our readers will
probably have recognized,Mr. Holt and
his estimable consort. * Holt’s Hotel,’
it is said, will again appear »n gilt letters
How tlic War Commcccd.
The following article from the Note
Orleans National, settles forever the
much mooted point in regard lo the
crossing of the Nueces. It is from the
pen of tho Editors ofthe National, and
dated at Baton Rouge, April 27lh, IS IS.
The writer says:
Kind Words do not Cost much.
They never blister the tongue or lips.
And wo have never heard of any men
tal trouble arising from this quarter.—
Though they do not cost much—1.
They help one’s own good nature.—
Soft words soften our own, and make
it blaze more fiercely. 2. Kind word4
make other people good natured. Cold
words freeze people and hot words scorch
them, and biller words make them bil
ler, and wrathful words make them
wrathful. There is such a rush of all
other kiwis of words in our day, that it
seems desirable to give kind words :t
chance among them. There arc vain
words, and idle words, and hasty words,
and silly words, and empty words, and
profane words, and boisterous words,
and war-like words. Kind words also
produce their own image on men’s soul.*.
And a bcautilul image it is Tin
The National Intelligencer, ofthe Slli j smootli and quiet, and comfort the hcar-
inst., contains the proceedings of the cr# They shame him out ofbis sour,
House of Congress on the previuos day, I morose, unkind feelings. We have not
the spirit of which is to force tho im-| yet begun to use kind words in such
pression on the people ol the country 1 abundance as they ought to be used—
that Gen. Taylor originated the order, j p ASCAL .
and inarched onto Matamornsby his .
own .will and judgement. -That any} It is now proposed to insulate mag-
merab cr of Congress should be as uu- nct:c telegraph wires, by meansoIgutia
scrupulous or so ignorant of the true! i*reha and bury them m the ground, by
history of Gen. Taylor’s movements, is! winch, if successful, a great many of
a matter of surprise, as documents al- the accidents to which the telegraph is
:ady published by the War Depart-1 now liable would he avoided,
ment give the outlines, if not the par-1 __ ~7. . !V. j T . lt ... _
liculars, relative to this subject, so clear-1 / ,? am T’ , S " » r t ™ «
ly that there need be no justifiable cause s . ,a 4 make tins frockf-for I really
of misrepresentation. • ‘ OI fJ iD ? w ‘ . . .
“ When Gen. Taylor was ordered to I "So .t seems (,ew il, my dear,
Mexico, he was instructed to lake a po- ] mphed tbe punn.ng parent.
sition near the Rio Grande, Point Isa
bel being named as a proper place, but in
sequence of having large discrclioo-
upon the splendid building fronting
ary powers, he preferred to take a posi
tion-on undeniably American soil rather
than infringe upon dispnted territory.—
He therefore made his hcaduuarlets at
Corpus Christ!, a place that beyond its
being within the acknowledged boundary
of Texas,-was inconvenient, and in no
way favorable for an encampment—
still Gen. Taylor prepared to suffer ev
ery evil incidental to his situation, ra
ther than in any way to compromithis
government. After General TnVlor
had been some time at Corpus Christi,
Major Donaldson, the representative of;
An American quaker said lo a gunner
during the revolutionary war—'‘Friend,
I counsel no blood shed, but if it be tliv
design to hit the little man in the blue
jacket, point thine engine three inches
lower.
The Veksburg Sentinel says that
the increase of divisions of the Order of
the Sons of Temperance in Mississippi
is unparalleled. They are being or
ganized in all parts of tlic State.
A person advertised “ a boy want
ed.” Someone left at his'door an in
fant in a band-box with this inscription
—“ I low will this answer /”