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North and fantb.
lu commenting upan some specula
tions nl ■I.eN'Y. B«*ridd,ji» twibe prob
abilities nl u future cnllismii between
I hr North ami £i,nth open I hr Free Soil
nnotion, •» «|iiib that paper fttprewr
Iih* opiriH'tt flint “ I hr Nut lit, possess
ing, ur it tlurr, till thr mm merer, all the
nmniiinti tires, dim! till thr foreign Irntle
of the eooHtnr, will have a manifest ad
vantage mer the South. with its isolated
prodarliras anil peculiar institutions,”
the Cliarleton Mcrisry says:
•The strength of the North consists
The Dead Sea Expedition. 1 and dacha are sometimes upon the sea, j Ilypirboie.
The September nntnber of the 8ooth-1 for we have seen them—but cannot de-1 “ Talk about yer darned fast lines,”
ern Literary Messenger contains an ar-! tect any living thin? within it ; alt l tough j said a Yankee to a Cockney, win
tide of profound interest on tbe subject
from the pen of Lieut. M. F. Maury.
Lieut. Maury gives a history of this
expedition, brief but lucid, and which
increases the public wish to see tbe re
port of Lieut. Maury, who has made so
successful survey, and who, we are glad
to learn is expected to return soon to this
country.
We learn from Lieut. Maury’s arti-
... tie, that this expedition was planned by
in her possessing • all the manufactures, j Lieut. Lynch, an authorized by Secreta-
nll the flung n trade of the country ;* ry Mason. In the sptingor 1S47, Lieut,
but tin* Herald’forgets that all these are 1 Lynch first addressed the Secretary on
bHsnP b|K>ii the staples of the South.— l tbe subject recommending acircumnav-
Without mir Colton, our Ilice, our To-j igation and exploring the Dead Sea and feet above
baccOj Our Naval Stores, they would be its entire coast; staling that the expense
would be trifling, as our ships frequent
ly touched at Acre, in Syria, forty miles
from Lake Tiberius or Sea of Galilee,
from which the river Jordan runs and
dcboichcs into the first named sea;
tb^t the frame of a boat, with crew and
pro* isions, could be transported on cam
el* 1 :om Acre to Tiberius, and there
put together again. Only one traveler,
Mr. Cortigan, had ever circumnavigated
the Dead Sea and he had died at the
termination of his voyage, without leav
ing any journals or notes behind. It
was contended also, that independent of
the eager curiosity of all Christendom
in regard to (his mysterious lake, this
expedition is of value to the interest of
navigation.
The Secretary ol the Navy received
favorably the proposition ofLieut. Lynch,
and an opportunity soon occurred by
which it could he conveniently carried
the salt streams flowing into it contains j so imprudent as in-the natural way of
saltfish. 1 fl*el sure that the result* of his countrymen to commence bragging
ibis survey will fully sustain the scrip- on English railroads, while the couple
tural accounts of the ciiiesof the plain.” ; were progressing at the rate of forty
He thus speaksofthe Jordan:—“The j miles an hour m» the Birmingham rail-
Jordan, althnught rapid and impetuous, way. “Why, mister, this ere rtnul is
is graceful in its windings and fringed puriv considerable for England, but it
with luxuriance, while its waters are won't do for 'Meriky. We ride astrad-
J sweet, clear, cool, and refreshing. die of telegrafs there when
After the survey of the sea, llie party hurry, but w hen we aint we take
proceeded to determine the height of the railroad. Now them roads aint
mountains on its shores, and run a lev- slow, as I tell you. I was comin* from
el via Jerusalem to the Mediterranean. Philadt-lpliy to York, w hen I ses to a
They found the summit of the west feller siltin’ close by me, * Who on nirth
bank ofthe Dead Sea more than 1000; owns this big garden with white palins
—— 1 "netted into sir. into this air.
And like the to tI»-» fabric of a rman,
Yeare no*, a rack behind.”
into effect. It was necessary to send a in a w*ady at the other.”
ship to the Mediterranean squad- •• The slimy ooze,” says Lieut. Maury,
upon that pli
run, and as, after her arrival, she should
employment for months the
Secretory determined to send Lieuten
ant Lynch and his party in her ; so that,
after meeting the wants of the squadron,
she could proceed up the Levant, and
land Lieutenant Lycb and his compan-
' ns. This was done. The storeship
Supply” was provided with two ine-
talic boats, one ol copper, the other i
It is- in the pow er of the people of the
South at any moment (and if tin* ag
gressive policy ofthe North i* continued,
the propriety lit’exercising that (tower
will «o»>n bo a nrtatterfor consideration)
by adopting *ncli measures as will
practically amount to non-intercourse
with ilie Xiuih, to bring the latter to
Verms. There h nothing we now receive
from brrthat we consult produce ovrtthcs,
procure from other quarter* on at hast
favorable firms. ■ The mineral and manu
facturingresources of ‘Alabama. North Car-
of tea. Virginia and onr own State, require
but little thru*,bus to demonstrate their ca-
jndility all *.»r wants; and
rivals would s> oh s/ ring up in our midst to
the Lotted* find Manchester* of the Eastern
States. While, therefore, the South will
Hot court enllision with the North, she
will not r-hmi it, nor d.ves she dread it.”
The poriionsofthe nlmve extract from
fhe Mercury* which we have italicised,
are worth more than all the speeches
ever made lor the South, and all the es
say* ever written in Iter hchalf; more
even than the best paper resolutions of
the last century, and infinitely ,more
than the fine spun |Mtliiieul abstraction#
of the day, those beautiful and well eon-
slriicted cobweb* which garnish the
rooms of n neglected mansion, and are
ex|»erleil to prop up and sustain it* tot
tering wall*.
We ran produee every thing neccssn-
rv for our ow n wants. Our mineral and
ireiiiitfiieiuring resource* are sufficient.
Wo tun have Lmvell*ntiil Manchester*.
W« have majestic rivers and harlmrs.
and the Meiciirv might have added
th:tl»:iu every natural advantage, the
South is siqierior to the North. Why
notv lin n “ produce and manufacture”
herself, that which she now receives
from another quarter I Why watt for
an actual “collision” before we make
beginning! Surely that is not a \vi:
policy. “In jjenctf prepare for war,”
vs a sound maxim, and one which will
apply to this case. Let tlie South gi
but ball the thought and energy to li
own improvements—to roads, canals,
manufactures, commerce, arts, and
school*, w liich she gives to politics, and
her prosperity will be restored and her
inde|>cudciice secure.
Let her leading men take up this
subject. Let those who guide and en
lighten the public mind awake the com
munity to its ini port a lice and devise
systematic measures of act ion. Let the
pres* agitate it. The Presidential elec
ta ft! will soon In* over, and then, what
ever may he the result, let both parties
unite, and spread to the wind* ibis com
mon Jut utter,—The Development of
the. Manufacturing, Agricultural.
Mineral and Commercial Resources
OF THE £oUTII.
To say that we cannot make the
Sodth equal*in till these tcspeci* to the
North is a ton tension of inferiority of
the most degrading kind. We have
means of every description in as great
abundance ns the North possessed when
if colon.meed it* career ol enterprise.
Nature seems to invite, rather than for*
bid, the undertaking. In this respect,
the contrast which the North affords,
should awaken our admiration, and will:
it our ambit ion. We cannot imagine a
more repulsive spectacle titan New Eng
land presented to its first settlers, or
greater obstacle* than impeded the es
tablishment of their prosperity. And,
what is more di slim p t citing still, after
sortie of their great interests had been
built up, tin v were prostrated by the
policy of the General Government, no
that they had to begin lignin, and form
tbC foundation to rear up a new edifice
of proj-perity. But they knew no such
word* ns despair, or indolence. And
lb«? grand result is before the world
The Nedr England theory i* that it i*
the man win* makes bis own destiny,
a (id who.conquer* “ circumstances,” or,
it he is their slave, become# so volunta
rily. Place u Yankee upon a rock, ami
be will* pick up a respectable "living,
and secure himself an “ iuuependeuee,”
that great aim and object of his exis
tence,.
. Win not the South, possessing every
natural advantage, make some effort U|
obtain her ** independence.” As mat
ter* now stand, she is iu a colonial con
dition. She send* her son* abroad to
foreign schools: she purchases manu-
v surfac
irly j around it?’
a level with the Mediterranean.
4 It is a curious fact,” says Lint. Maa-
_ , “that the distance from the top to
the bottom of the Dead Sea should meas
ure the height of its banks, the elevation
of the Mediterranean, and the difference telegraph
of level between the bottom of the two when the eugiu
seas, and that the depth of the Deatf 1 the*" * t "
Sea should be also in exact multiple of
the height of Jerusalem above it.”
Another not less singular fact, in the
opinion of Lieut. Lynch, “is that the
bottom of the Dead Sen forms two sub
merged plains, an elevated and a de
pressed one. The first, its southern
part, of slimy mud covered by a shallow
bay ; the last, its northern and largest
portion, of mud and incrustations and
rectangular crystals of salt—at a great
depth with a narrow ravine running
through it, corresponding with the bed
of the river Jordan at one extremity,
and the Wady ‘el Jeib,” or wady with*
’ ses he.
s 1 4 and
Smith O’Brien.
Eloquent Defence of his Counsel.—The
Dublin Freeman's Journal publishes a
report of the defence of Smith O’Brien,
by his counsel, Mr. Whiteside. The
|teech produced a profound sensation,
and is in every respect a masterly-effort.
Tbe following is lire concluding portion
of it.
manly eye to which tears had long been
strangers, the big drops rolled in rapid
succession.]
In a case of doubt, at the very worst,
let a father’s pity be awakened—a hus
band’s love be moved. Let Justice be
administered—but Justice iti Mercy. In
no pitiful strains do I seek compassion
L-liant, even in a case of blood.
The boast of British law is that it al>- I ask it solemnly in the spirit of our free
hors the shedding of human blood.— {Constitution—in accordance with the
the bottom of tbe
Dead Sea will not fail to remind the
sacred historian of the 4 slime pits’
the vale, wher were joined in battle the
four kings wish five.”
Late from Chihuahua.
Mr. Henry Love, arrived at Fort
Brown on the 4th ins'., from Chihuahua,
,* r — ; w ^ ,c ^ pl ace he on d,e 7th Septem
the former named “ Fanny Mason,” and! her. Our lr ”°P f
. , n J .. „ . - I .In.. r>nl Vl’oJ
the 7th, same
the Jailer “ Fanny Skinner.”. On ibeir j da Y* Col. Washington, with Bragg’s
arrival at their destination their troubles
began, and in their march to lake Tibe-
their boats had to be transported
the most formidable mountain gor
ges and heights and lobe lowered down
precipices, with ropes. But these diffi
culties were surmounted with true sail-
skill and perseverance, and on the 8th
of April the two Fannies, each with the
American ensign flying, were afloat up
on the beautiful blue waters of the sea
of Galilee. “Emblematic of its Master,
it alone of all things around them re
mained the same. Just as the Apos
tles saw it when our Savior said to it,
* Peace be still,’ this little band of ro
vers now beheld it. 1
The navigation of the Jordan was, -
found to be most difficult and danger- fi r ? und
, from its frequent and fearful rapids.
Lieut. Lynch solves the secret of the
depression between Lake Tiberius and
the Dead Sea by the tortuous course of
the Jordan, which, in a distance of six
ty miles wind* in a course of two hun-
ilrcd miles. Within this distance Lieut.
Lynch and bis party plunged down no
than twenty-seven threatening ra
pids, besides many others of less de
cent. The difference of level between
he two seas is over a thousand feet.
The water of the Jordan was sweet
o within a few hundred yards of its
mouth. The waters of the sea were de
void of smell, but bitter, salt, and nauV
seous. Upon entering it the boats were
encountered by a gale, and “it seemed
if the bows, so dense was the water,
•re encountering the sledge hammers
of the Titians, instead of tbe waves of
he opposing waters of an angry
The party proceeded doily with their ex
plorations, making topographical sketch
es as they went, until they reached the
southern extremity of the sea, where the
most wonderful sight they had yet seen
ailed them.
In passing the mountain of Uzdom
battery and H. company, for Santa F
Major Graham with lour companies of
dragoons, took the southern route, pass
ing the copper mines, through the State
of Sonora, to California.
The troops were all in good health
and spirits, and were getting along
well. Corn, throughout the entire route,
is very scarce, selling at eight dollars
the fenega, being at least four times the
usual price. The ranchoes and haci
endas through that country have been
abandoned, the inhabitants congregating
in the large towns for salety trom the
Indians.
Col. Washington gave a splendid
view at Chihuahua. It was attended
by an immense concourse—the
rrounded by carriages
1 dotit see no white pali
4 I ilont see nuiliiu’ else,*
iglity tall ience it is too.’
The feller burst out a laffin. 4 Why,
darned fool,* ses he, * them’s
And, sure enc
ler stopped, I saw
•sts a hundred yards apart, and
had been goin’ so aIHrvd fast they
looked for all the world like while pa
lins.”
At this moment the bell rang at a sta
tion signal, before the Cockney had fully
vered from Jonathan’s last dose.
What’s that bell ringin’ for?” in
quired the latter of his English friend.
“ We are approaching D .”
“ Well, them kind of bell fixins does
for these ere slow cars, but we can’t use
’em in’Meriky.”
“ Ah, why not ?”
Travel too fast—fact—beat sound all
to smash. We would he smack through
a village before the noise of the clapper
was io the neighborhood.”
“You don’t say,’exclaimed the as
tonished Cockney.
“ Fact again, by thunder. Why I
was on the New York cars when them
are steam whistles was first tried. May
be you’ve heard of the terrible accident ?
No 1 Well,sir, we were going it strong.
Harrycaues were nowhar—all natur
seemed shaking to pieces—when seve
ral miles off something was seed on tbe
track. The whistle was let loose, and
she did scream awfully* but it was no
manner of use, for alter tumbling over a
span ol smart horses and a big market
wagon, I was just rising from
when along came the whistler’s holler,
mixed up with some big curses I mind
to have heard the engine-i
when he first saw the wagon, But the
poor fellow was dead when his voice
arrived. Fact—got the documents.”
“ Extraordinary,” exclaimed the hor
ror-struck Cockney, “ and do you use
whistles yet ?”
Yield to these benign principles, to the j rooted principles of
generous impulses of your nature, and r * M ' '
stand between the prisoner and liis
grave. A horrible death—a grave he
must not have—awaits him. Save hiiu
by a humane verdict from a fate so dis
mal. Review his life. Front his moth
er’s breast he drink in a love of country
—from a father’s patriotic example the
passion grew to a dangerous height.—
He has indulged perhaps a vision, to
the peril oflife, that Ireland might be a
the i nation, and you her guides to wealth
and greatness. Is not death upon the
scaffold a terrible punishment for tin
belief, although misguided,that Irishmen
bad intellect enough to rule the coun
try ol their birth? In bis childhood lie
heard that the Union was carried by cor
ruption. He heard from an Irish Sen
ator, whom money could not bribe—
who gave his honest vote, ami vvou
have Ireely given his life, to -save t!
perishing Constitution of his country.
That father recounted to mv client
what Plunket, Bushe.and G;
Common Law.
a use between the Subject and
the Crown,wherein these great principles
mightshine in glorious perfection. A ver-
of his acquittal in accordance with
his Divine doctrine will not be a triumph
over the Law, hut the triumph of the
Law. When the Sovereign seals, by
her coronation oat it, the great compact
between the People and the Crown, she
swears to execute, in all her judgments,
Justice in Mercy. [Sensation in Court.]
That same Justice you administer—i
rigorous, remorseless, sanguinary code
—but Justice in'Mercy.
Where, as here, the crime const?'
in the intent of the heart, and you ca
believe that intent not treasonable. c
even doubtful, then, to tbe solemn obli
gation even of cjoldest duty, you should
yield in mercy (great sensation.) In
nothing, lhoughi.it an immeasurable dis
tance still, do men on earth so nearly
approach the atttibule of the Almighty
as in the administration of justice—Di
vine justice will be tempered with
f HE WHIG.
Athens, Thursday, November 9,1848.
ampaiffn
ubscrlber*.
the last memorable night of our Na- j ey, or dismal would be
lional existence. How he had been per- you hope for mercy from the Great
suaded by the gravity of their argu- J Judge, grant it this day. The awful
merits, influenced by their ardor, arid J issues oflife and death are in your hands
isported by their eloquence ! Hi* —do justice in mercy. The last taint
ithful imagination, fired by a sense 1 murmur on your quivering lips will hr*
of Ireland’s wrongs, dwelt on the days for mercy, ere the immortal spirit shall
its flight to, l trust, a brighter
It may not be amiss to remind such of our friends
as subscribed for the Whig duringthe campaign that
their time will soon expire, and unless their sub
scriptions are renewed, our weekly visits will be
discontinued when we announce the resnltol the
election. We should be pleased to retain all our
campaign friends as permanent subscribers ; and it
from their short acquaintance with the paper, they
should desire it continued to their address, by for
warding the small amount of tiro dollars they can
have it another year. Without such intimation,
however, of their desire to continue, their name*
will b$ erased from the list when the time expire*.
When the campaign closes, it is our intention to
fill the column* ofthe Whig with a more general
variety than we have given for the last few months
—more of general literature and news, and les* of
politics. We shall spar*? r.o pains to make it wor-
thy ol public patronage as & Family Newspaper,de
voted to News, General Literature, and Politic! ia
moderation.
orld. # f
From the London Quarterly Review.
Tlie Edncatiou of the Heart.
It is the vice of the age to substitute
hen he had a gentry and a Senate with
intense constancy, and the passion grew
that he might restore a Parliament to the
land he loved. This is his real crime,
all his actions were directed to this end,
and he has been misled by the too im-! ]( ,. |rnil r „ r Vvisdora—io educate the
ohcit rehance on doctrines unfortunate- | ie a.l, ;1 V( i;, r „ Pl ,|ku there is a more
ly argued by sre.it lawyer, in the heat important education necessary for the
ot debate, which they could not recall, j, e: , rl . The reason is cultivated at
and which have misdirected many— " „ a tore th.es not 'furnish the
lour countryman followed up these, as e i eme »ts necessary to a successful culti-
he believed, constitutional opinions.—! vation ofit; and the child is solicited
He wished poslentv to review the po- refll , ct i olli when lie is only capable of
lineal transaction he had been taught to 8en3 .,ii ( ,n and emotion.* In infancy the
C °^ emn * . attention ami memory are only excited
This was the source of all his errors. strong j y by things which impress' the
Bmer disappointment has crushed his sense s, and move the heart, nyd a father
ardent hopes, hut a preliminary consti- slmll insli n II)ore so H ( ] U nd available in-
tution he wished and meant to have giv- strucl ; on an hour spent in the fields,
s.pmperty would w | iere wisdom and goodness are exem-
plilied, seen and fell, than in a mouth
spent in the study, where they
ounded in stereotyped aphorif
No physician doubts, that precociou
all fired sight faster than sound,
which will do perhaps for this genera
tion. We now tell ’em we’re cornin’
by bust in out a-light that does astonish
filled with ladies. Gov. Trias, in re- j animal creatiou—and, I reckon rather
turn gave a dinner to Col. Washington*! astonished the planetary system at first,
and all the American officers. Much! When it was, first tried cl night, the
good feeling was exhibited and the ut
most harmony prevailed throughout.
en to Ireland.
he have touched—no law of God
would he have broken. He was mis
led into the delusion that Ireland’s gen
try were qualified for freedom. Loved
" ® less y° ur soul * no ’ Congress stop- by those who knew him, generous, dis- c l,i| ( | r en in fifty cases for one, are much
ped em right off, and now we act on interested, utterly unselfish through life, t h e worse for the discipline they hav
the philosophic principle that light trav- humane and tender hearted—he now m)< | e rgorje. The mind seems to hav
stands sit the bar of his country loan- i )een s lrau * e d and the foundations for in
wer lor having meant to kill the Queen sanity are laid. When the studies of'
nd subvert the constitution which in ma turer years are stuffed into the head
heart he adores. H.s true offence is, • n f a child, people do not reflect on
rted toryou what is England s anatomical fact, that the brain of a
glory, and blessing and pride. Deeply ; fiinl is nol the l)ra i„ 0 f a man . t |, a
he may have erred in pursuit of this onf » nnd c»n l>« *r cx<>
roosters ort tltwul commenced
ing, and the chickens all got down from'
roost, thinking it was daylight.”
The cars suddenly stopped, when
Jonathan, having arrived at the point
of his debarkation, looked around at the
bewildered Cockney, nodded his head,
and with a little carpet bag under one
... . ■•••lit ; arm and an umbrella under the other,
orl.l, is a gomi which shouhl be | lo „ k hi , leave . joher , 1S » deacon.
Whatever, says an eloquent writer,
tends to soften the heart, meliorate the
disposition, or inspire with understand
ing : whatever tends to lessen misery,
increase happiness, to animate to
obedience, or cheer amid the fn
rdently and anxiously pursued till
have made the blessing our own. Hap
piness is ihj pearl of great price we are
all searching afteri and if happiness is
goodness, and goodness content, we
shall find that pure content springs only
from the bosom of religion, and deprived
of her renovating influence we may
search in vain for the bliss of content.
A Rare Animal.
The 44 Frock” has two short leg-
one side of his body, and two long ones
on the other. He always grazes on
sides of mountains ; and the mode of
capturing him is to head him, turn him
(Sialntn) we iincxpcclanilv, anil much to rn “ nd ’ wi,h short leg, down bill
our astonishment, say. Lieut. Lynch, wfc ' n he al nnc '‘ 1,e -’ ,ns ro " " vcr - a '"'
a large, rounded, Iu,reshaped 15 ‘T ^ e ‘. . , . • ,
column; facing toward,.-oulli-easl which .183,1, |u,l ,uc on umina a,
proved IO be of solid rock salt, cupped | “ He has bis long leg, an
with carbonate of lime one mass of cry-1
the
nd his
with the further advantage
liiization. Mr. Dale took a sketch oi Tl, i 01 a!ul l,e . is ™» ,ch| e». h ’
ami Dr. Anderson and Handed wilb jgrnzn.g round mountains, llie siiminn of
much difficulty and procured specimens' ^ ca " , reach - Th , e " a >
from iu- The party circumnavigated " M Z . ach Wl lura ,he " ea, '! rc 8 shorl
the lake,-etumed w their place ofde-lN* dmTn n, " and ," ,mblc „ h ' ,a
pnriure, and brought back'their boats ^“ oinne!£l N°^? lb , er -"' ,l1 be a ca “-
in as complete order as they received, 1,00 eve0 10 Buffalo banters.
The Royal family of France, from
accounts, feel some of the pinching ef
fects of poverty. Since the 24th
February, the entire revenue from
family domain has been only 1 700,000
francs. The debts amount to 70,000,
000 and if the effects, which are estima
ted not to exceed 80,000,000 in value,
were sold, the proceeds would be
scarcely sufficient to pay the creditors.
Such is the actual situation ol that col-
sal fortune, which the ex-King was'
said to have amassed. The poverty of
the ex-royal farifily is made more pain
ful, it is said, by indulgence in perpet-
recriminations, which have brought
about a total rupture between the King
and his former Minister M. Guizot.
bject—will
isdirccted patriotism by a dreadful
death ? j
You may do so, and no earthly in-j
duceineul will tempt me to say, if you !
pronounco the awful sentence ofgu : liy— j
that you have not given the verdict con
science demanded. If his countrymen
condemn my client, he will be ready to j
meet his fate with the faith of a Chris- 1
and with the firmness
—the other is growing, and requires
pose; that to force the attention to i
stracls—to load the memory with eh
nological and historical or scientific de
tail—in short, to expect a child’s bra
to bear with impunity the exertions
a man’s is just as rational as it vvou
he to hazard the same sort of experi-
iscles.
years of life
(sensation.) The last accents of his j tlielieart—to the formation of principles,
line will lireallie nraver Inr Ireland** ' _ .i .i._ ■ . „r ' i__«
The True Life.
The mere lapse of years i
not life.
ps will breathe prayer for Ireland
happiness, Ireland’s constitutional free
dom. The dread moment that
precede his mortal agonies will he
soled, if through his suffering and his|
sacrifice some system of Government j by passion. It
shall arise—which I aver has never ex- , maS3 „f me)
isted—just, comprehensive, impartial
and above all, consistent, which
conduct to wealth, prosperity, and
greatness, the country he has loved,
wisely* perhaps, but too well.
Would to God Mr. Smith O’Bi
were my only client. The future 1
honorabl
ather than to the acquirement of what
s usually termed knowledge. Nature
Some of onr exchanges have been boasting of the
“ small potatoes’’ with which they have been pre
sented, and making a great ado over such as weigh
ed five or six pounds. Well, such may be a per-
(ect “ show” in some places ; but from a specimen
sent us by our friend Dr. Francis S. Colly, of Wal
ton, we should say, that in that good county they
would excite no sort of surprise. The largest of
the lot sent by the Doctor measured in circumfer
ence 30 inches, one way, and 22 the other, and
weighed eight pounds f Now, we would advise
our exchanges always to wait and hear from Wal
ton before boasting of extraordinary agricultural
productions.
ELECTION NEWS.
We have kept our columns open to the latest mo*
ent in order to give such election returns as might
•ach us. From the very meagre accounts we
have received, we have cause for rejoicing, as eve-
•y precinct from which wo have heard, shows a
Whig gain.
Clarke Couxtt.—There are contradictory state-
ents in regard to one of the precincts in this
mnty—taking the worst view of it, however,
TAYLOR'S majority in the county is 199.
At the Congressional election our majority wa*
but 82. So it will be seen, that notwithstanding
the unusual number of Locofoco votes from adjoin
ing counties, imported and polled at this precinct
for the purpose of overcoming our majority, the
Whigs of old Clarke have done nobly. We had
to contend not only with Gen. Cass and his myrm
idons, but also that most potential Locofoco coadju
tor, Gen. Whiskey, whose presence was seen and
felt almost every where. We make this explana
tion concerning the foreign vote, because we have
understood that tlie crest-fallen friends of the late
Lewis Cjss arc taking great credit to themselves
that they were beaten no worse, and might mislead
people at a distance, At home their senseless boast
ing can only create a smile ot pity.
Jaeksim—Returns incomplete.
* Jefferson precinct, Whig nett gain of 35
Newtown 00 Loco 2*2 Whig.
Hall—Gainesville precinct—Whig maj. 8.
In addition to the above, we have various reports,
all of which are of an exceedingly cheering char
acter; but our business i-» now to deal in facts and
figures, not mere rumors. So far, we have abun
dant reason for rejoicing in the hope that alii* well.
the California Regiment
Hamilton, says: “ In this regiment there
rly one thousand
ment that shall | her , t .]j poil
....it t. w etnol j oas arc t j, en t| )e liveliest, and most
silv moulded, being as yet unalloyed
»in this source that
hereafter to draw
their sum of happiness or misery ; the
ay 1 actions of the immense majority are,
under all circumstances, determined
much more by feeding than reflecti
:n truth, life presents an infinity of
casions where it isessential to happiness
that we should leel rightly; very few
. where it is at all necessary that we should
I al family, is here at stake—the Church, profoundly.
furnish rda- Up to the seventh year oflife, very
’ .ipPPy great changes nec going on in the struc-
. . - - . lure of the brain, and demand, iherc-
Fort * political opinion have hastened to give f ore> t |, e utmost attention nol to imer-
a brotherly consolation this melan- j-upt them by improper or over excite-
Just that degree of exercise
Disgraceful. . - , . . . , , .. a - •
Tire New York Herald, alluding to! gentleman’who although they differ
solution this melan-
for nol ahol J. da . v - I i ela,,d h
them at New York. They were all in
fine health. This is a specimen of the
skill, system, and discipline of the Araer*
can i
wben'U vki'njgiVe prbofs'orthal fSci*pal-; P® 11 *- . rou ad in ijw mill of habit, and
pablv to the most doll understanding. 1 l " rn lbe of " eabb i tomakerea-
•Th inks lotbe good management ofLieut. ; ?° n our Pook keeper, and turn thought „ er nJ , ulc „
Lynch, the whole cost of this scientific ,a '° a " ™plemetH oi trade this is not; f h , h(ni . base it appears on the part “ wai ' 9
exploration of tbe Dead Sea. (except, bla - *» *» lllls ' b, » a poor traction of; _ r .t_— ,u.„ — verdict
of course, the cost of the equippage
one of whom is the least comfort pro- i their benevolent exertions the source should be given to the brain at this pc-
videdbythe government, and surely i ofW? their pr.de ; her misery riol |, as is necessary to its health : and
they should have some of the comforts ; “ a3 * ,ee ! 1 their affliction, her gleams best ora i instruction, exemplified by
oflife in consideration ofthe services prosperity their delight. With bolder objects which strike the senses,
rendered to the country. In the Fl«ri- hearts, s "9uUI you consign tho prisoner j l j s perhaps unnecessary to add, that
da war,this regiment distinguished itself to l * ,e scaffold, they must henceforward a t (his period of life, special
through a campaign of nearly seven struggle on through a cheerless
, system, aua discipline oi uie Atner-1 \ J i , ’ i J# years, where they were exposed to all lence, laboring in sorrow tor the country
navy. No nation in the world has | To eat and drink and sleep; to be ex- J he hart , shi p* ofthe soldier’s life, and they love.
i a service. The time is coming P° sed 10 d ® r . kne £® a " d **?• *# 1 .5 10 j„ ,be Isle Mexican war. they fought! A venerable lady, who has dwelt
. oace around m the mill of habit, and ^ ^ gidc wjlh lhe hrave volunteers, nroid an affectionate tenantry, spend: _ „
from Vera Cruz to tbe city of Mexico, her income where it was raised, diffus-! w ill be
After all the hard battles which they ing chanties and her blessings around,
fought, ho\i* base it appears on the part awaits now, with trembling heart, your
:e P‘» M,,S : “rr P ‘ n, -. ,r ? Ci,0n ,i ofthe government to usher them into- verdict.- If a verdict consigning her be-
1 should be given, both by parents and | no<J
teachers, to the physical development j has fiU b s idcd, and wii
of the child. Pure air and free exercise 1 thecblomf.
DietreutiiE. Caws of tljdrophoble.
The fact3 of a most afflicting case ot hydrophobia
have been communicated to as, having occurred ia
Camden, X. J. The sufferer is Mrs. Burroughs,
the wife of Edward Burroughs, and daughter of
Francis Cooper, the tobacconist, of Market-st. Sho
was bitten in the hand by a dog in August last,
while endeavoring to protect one of her children,
and had suffered the wound to heal up without ap-
plying any of the preventives of hydrophobia, not
deeming the wound at the time of sufficient impor
tance. Since then,however, Irmn certain symptom*
attending it, she hud felt some degree of anxiety,
and about ten days ago the hand commenced to
swell, and soon after festered. On Friday night,
the first symptoms of this appalling malady became
apparent and since she has suffered its many as fifty
spasms. The sight of water has invariably pro-
duced convulsions and even looking at the gla*» ia
the windows of her room has the .tame result*.—
Dr. Jackson, ol this city, and Drs. Fislerand Coop
er, of Camden, have been in attendance.
Chloroform has been frequently administered to
her with beneficial results, ami yesterday the pa
tient expressed herself easier, having only expe-
asms npto four o’clock in the alter-
perfectly sensible alter the spasm
da another coming,
be administered, d*-
dispensable, and whenever either J daring that it greatly mitigates her suffering*. The
j of these are withheld, the consequences j su g* ercr i 8 a i a dv of much respectability, and her
to extend themselves illness has occasioned great anxiety to her family
over the whole future life. The seeds : an d a large circle of friends and acquaintances—-
of protracted and hopeless suffering She is about twenty-five years of age, and the
tnainlninance or tho craw ofthe ship.) , eaed ' and lbe SIncmi<:9 still slumber
was but seven hundred dollars. i « b,cb D \ ake 11 mo8 ‘ wnr ' b whlIe 10 bve -
From the letters orLieut. Ly ocb. qaot- 1 Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good-
ed by Lieut. Maury, we transcribe the! ne3s » fatlh, alone can give vitality to
p ** * 1 v., . | following interesting facts elicited bv • 1®® roechamsin of existence; the laugh
fartutes, im,ileinenlsol husbandry, nve, “"'"g.M J |of mirth which vibrates through the
and *4Huemne*th** very prinluct* ofiho. ine St*v" 1 n e ’• •* -
&TU„,nd dai^. iron,’Northern States. I “The bottom of then*, hern halfm U ^c ISa^briaS
In the mean lime her own insiilutums from childbbod back ; the prayer that caUs
a^msh.,-ho, n ; d.le n»er. waste th*,, ^SSrS vaT, n deoT tZ ! the fngi.ive aeJr; L doubt which
ri __ ( __ near.
steep in solitarv nwjestv. a"nd ZTide d «rj»l »undings thus far 18S fathoms, | ™ aka8 us ”' dba,a ; 1 ) 10 . d “ l ^ a ”S
rJ. rushing .p* her “'^^^‘"Thc I SSti ^
,w«‘*trru shores, lint finding no channel tT nera, ‘.> an mcrusiauon ot sail, out me, , , hc lrue
x}fesea|ie. mil, ,. ( llenly hv to bless and wtenneUiaie one is soft mod with many ,bat ends >« tra!t are ,he ,rue aour
ftsnilixe distant but grateful lands.
rectangular crystals—mostly cubes—of
E ure salt. Al one time Stellwage’s lead
rought up nothing but crystals. The
southern half of the sea is as shallow as
the northern one is deep, and for about
Bothering Hies.
r A coqn\ry girl riding past a turnpike
gate without paying the usual fee, lbe one-fourth of its entire length tbe depth
tollman hailed her attd demanded it.— does not exceed three fathoms, (18 feet.)
'She asked him by what authority be Its southern bed has presented no crys-
' desired toll of her; he answered, the tals, but the shores are lined with incras-
- sign would convince her that the law (rations of salt, and when we landed at
required six rent* for a man nnd horse. Uzdom, in tbe-spaceofan hour, our foot
,r Well,” replied the girl, 41 this is a prints were coated with crystallization.
woman and marc, therefore you have Tlie opposite shores of the peninsula
nothing i«» expect ?*' pod she rode off; and the west coast present evident marks
leaving him the Uwchitic >tock ofthe o| disruption. There are- unquestiona-
hyslanders. ^bly birds and inscets upon the shores
isbmenl of our natural being.
The Mormon Temple.—The last Fort
Madison Statesman .says that a compa
ny has purchased all tbe Mormon pro
perty, in tbe bands of A. W. Babbitt,
the Mormon agent at Nauvoo, including
the walls of lbe Temple; and that ar
rangements had been made to rebuild it
as soon as possible. The price paid
was $12,000. Tbe same paper says,
t|tat the citizens of Nauvoo are about, to
or have already, arrested a person liv
ing in Nauvoo, who is supposed to be.
the identical individual wbo fired - the.
Temple.
power shall please to send them c
other expedition.”
Pithjr Correspondence.
Readers will remeber the election
Raspail to a seat in the National Asse n-
bly of France. He was at the timt
prisoner in lbe dungeons of Vincentn s.
When elected by the city of Paris,
thus addressed the Minister of Justic
Citizen Minister—A member of tpe
National Assembly, and therefore
olable, I know not to what extent y
can now judicially pursue me.
Salutation and fraternity.
Raspail.
The Minister’s reply was equally
cise:
quickly beat no more. Alas! more
dreadful still—six innocent children will
hear from your lips whether they are to
be stripped of an independence which
has descended in his family for ages—
whether they are to be driven, father
less and beggared, upon the world, by-
the rigor of a barbarous and cruel law
—whether they are to be restored to
peace and joy or plunged into the ut
termost depths of black despair. There
j- J is another who clings to hope—hope,
>u | may it be'blessed in you! Her life’s
blood would be gladly shed to save ike
object of her youthful affections—you
will not consign her loan untimely grave.
[During the delivery of this passage,
the entire audience beemea visibly
moved and for the first time since th>
have, in innumerable instances, been
sown in the constitution of the child
simply through ignorance of this great
fundamental physical law; and the time
mother of three children.—Phila. Ledger, 31st
has come when the united voices of
these innocent victims should ascend,
44 trumpet-tongued,” to the ears of every
parent and teacher in the land
The dis
Citizen Raspail—Justice having j iu
ot its disposition, I know not what ek- ! trial Smith O’Brien’s lip quivered and
“his eye filled, as the idea ol a mother,
brother, children and wife, mourning
tent you have a right to be a member of
lbe National Assembly.
Salutation and falernity. Marie. »
Tbe Assembly took a medium course,
perhaps not quite satisfactory to Citizen
Raspail. They adopt him asa member,
and keep bim as a prisoner.
44 Saqibo were you kotcb dem fisb.^*
u In de Doof, yon fool.”
over their possible loss was visibly pre
sented to his mind. For a moment Iff
bent bis head on bis hand ; he firmly
pressed his brow for a few seconds, and
again resumed his wonted calmness.—r
Not so the audience, the bar, the jury,
the occupants of the benches, all con
tinued deeply moved, and from many a
s in Ireland (write* Mr. Dana, the-
ipondent of the N. Y. Tribune,) i*
; JiJteJy to be equalled in all its dreadful features by
i that among the industrious and free people of
' 1 gium, and if the Cholera should add its ravage* to
free air and wholesome exercise ; | p r i V ation8 of poverty, the situation of the eoun-v
leave us to develope our expand
. try will be indeed deplorable. The proportion of
ergtes in accordance with the laws of the population which even now, in tbe middle of Ota-
being and full scope of the elastic : J, arves t, have to be fed by public charity, i* truly
and bounding impulses of our young ^ alarming. In the province of West Ftandor*It, ia
blood !” |*>ne person out of every four, in Brabaat one; oat. of
**’ _ # | five, in East Flanders and Hainault one-oat of six.
Fashion.—While Queen Victoria was j n y m i,urg and Liege i* is one to eight, nearly,.*nd
in the Highlands, she one day tied the i j n Antwerp, Namur and Luxemburg the average is
veil o: her hat under her chin, as it was ; about one toeighteen. Tbe six province*, ip,which
rather chilly weather. Forthwith every j t |, e proportion of paupers varies from.oqe ip four
lady, “ the country round,” adopted the to one j n eight, contain eight-ffintha.ot tho whole
style, and in the hottest days ofthe sea-, population, though only about three-fifths ofthe ter-
san loyally sweltered away in honor of j ritory. In Weit Flanders, which, is abosfc** larga
the royal dame. i « * good-sized county in the State of Npw York
-■«*"* — j and contains six hundred and fifty thousand- iphabit-
Very Polite.—A political paper, in ants, there are *?. this moment one hundred and
giving the returns of an election, dis- seventy thousand paupers, aqd this frightful, army
claims all wish, in doing so, to wound of misery is constantly receiving addition*! ; And
the feelings ofthe defeated candidate. j thi*,letitbe borne in mjad, iswfter two year* of »e-
° | in* rkable abundance ; it doe* not arise from a fitil-
$9* Nashville is infested with a gang of incelia- ore of the crops or from a pestilence, but from *pmp
ries. Hardly a day passe* without tbe destruction , cause existing in tho social sUuqture in which tbet*
af property.
I unfortunate being* live.
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