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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 /”