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JOHN ■. CHRISTY,I
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1T.M.MJ1PKIS A II. J. ADAMS
NEW SERIES—YOL. III., NO. 32.
ATHENS, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1850.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
VOLUME XVIIL NUMBER 2
STAGS LINE
MOM ATHSMS TO SOCIAL CIRCLE.
PT3HK subscriber haring become contractor on th« |
I above route, in now running a comfortable hack, I
with good stock and careful drivers between the
•bore named places. „ ‘ «
The Hack leave* Athena Tuesdays Tburrdav* .
and Saturday*, and arrive* at tbc Circle in time for the |
CLOTHING! CLOTHING !!
I THAN BVEHli
/''VWINfl ft the mildness (£0
1/been «1* to run my winter A .
WMb; emweowoflj It m^riliii li«» il W wroold do
well to give fte a call, a* they will find a large and
well selected stock to cbouac from, and prices to suit .
thcniaelrc*. K. L. BLOOMFIELD. I
Jan. 31.
'hasting*- !
COMPOUND SYRUP OF NAPflTHA.
N ot only a positive bi*t a warrant
ED CURE for consumption and all d*»ea*o« of the
lung*. Thu uiadicinc ha* dockled the dispute about
the curability of consumption, aud*aiufie<l tlic medi
cal faculty and all who have n»ed it, that constimp-
tion and all affection* or tlic lung* can not on!y be
cored, but tln-y are a* rarity and simply cured, a.* al
most any of the <li«order* to w hich Uie human frame
i* liable. Tl»« operation of a single bottle, which «**t*
$1, i* sufficient V. aatidy any patient—if not alto
gether b*otar gimo with the ili*ea*e—of thi* /act; and
even a ainglv <h«e give* evidence of itsextraordiiinry
influence in arresting and eradicating the malady by
the immediate relief which it afford*. This
has made
component itarta
the resixm.ibility
of profit, a secret which wa* cah ulateu to uo sac.; ;
universal gori. And such lia* been tlic wonderfnl .
resalt of it* operation*, that the Loudoni LaweLMed
ical Time*, and tlw most eminent physicians of l*»tu
hemisphere*, an- anxiously calling upon sufferer* to
have immediate recourse to it, and proclaiming that;
nf all kuown medicine, it alone lias positively e*tat»-;
United its efticacy bv undeniable proofs of curing con- j
sumption and all other disease* of Uie lung*. j
Drr Le Roy’s
SARSAPARILLA AND WILD CIIKRRY
Selected IJoetrg.
ANGRY WORDS.
Angry word* are lightly spoken.
In a wb and thnughtleu hour;
Brightest links of life are broken
By their deep insidious power.
Hearts inspired by warmest feeling, *
Ne’er before by anger stirred,
Oft are rent past human hraliug
By a single angry word,
l’oison-dmp* of rare and sorrow.
Bitter po»*n»-«Jrop* are they,
Weaving for the coming morrow
Saddest memories of to-day.
Anirrv word* ! oh, let them never
From the tongue unbridled slip:
May the !■>-•• t's best impulses ever
Check them, efe they *oR thy lip f
Love is much too pure and holy,
Friendship is too sacred for.
For a moment's reckless folly
Thu* to dcsolata and mar.
Angry w ord* nre ligldy spoken:
Bitterest thoughts are raslilv stirred:
Brightest links of life arc brokeu
lain he will never be found in lhe ranks
of lhe ruffian and infidel.
Be kind to your associates. Culti-
vaic benevolent feelings. It you see
distress, or sorrow, do all that in you
lies to alleviate them. When a friend
companion is confined by sickness,
Dratring a Wife by Lot
! The Moravians are accnsiomed to re-
j sort to the lot for the settlement ofeer- w aun ,„ w „„„ „ atv; ,
; lain tlifficnll questions which sometimes m a £eTpouTl "o'caii"^’ them.'and
! occur among them. It is always done, J be „ ow all lhe lj„Ie f av „ rs upon lhem
! I,0 ' vever - •» a . s, ' lcmn manner, and oc- ; can . Ifyou cu l,„ ale kiru l feelings,
compared wtth prayer. The R«. ' ou wU l seldom quarrel with anolter.
I Mr.—, who was for many years ibe|j talw belter lo suffer wrong , han
, highly esteemed pastor of the Morav,an do „ W e should nev?r hear
i Church m^w-tork city, when a young ofmo , or b|jo putbreaks jf raen
WHO WOULD SIT I
MEMORY'S CHAMBERS
Who would si
Mnutlrd fmi
With the sc* of life before them,
Broad, mid beautiful, and bright t
Wherefore in the port of sorrow
r moorings longer lie ?
Min, ho! Scare up Hie itufl«
.Should o
my ">•*
or secret remedy. Dr. Hastings iU discoverer, |
of the mo*t eminent physician* of tlic age, and ,
ade a foil disclosure of Us history, anti all it* ;
IdisTi 1 ^ the
Vp, my rbamnis-footrd mfir J
Let 1 lie canvass be Unfurled—
Moth will fret away the garment
Foster than the wearing work)!
Though our bark is not too steady,
Never let tie- sail In- *lacketted—-
man, was stationed araon^
i tribes of Indians at the far West
' a missionary. After labtring there for i
! several years in a state of “ single bles
sedness,” he, like other m:'ssiona-t
• rics, desired a companion. But he was
attached to no one. and could fix his
| mind upon no one to be his *• belter
• half.” Still some one he must have,
| for he experienced a painful sense of
' j loneliness ; isolated as he was from all
ivilized society, he therefore left for a
few weeks, his rude untamed charge,
and went bn a journey in search of a
wife. He directed his course, as young
ministers do at the present day when en
gaged in the pursuit, to a female semi
nary. He went to Bethlehem, in Penn
sylvania, where there was a female
academy, under the direction of his
own denomination. It is frequently,
though improperly, termed the Mora
vian nunnery. He here made known his
errand to those who had the oversight
of the institution—to those who were
proper ones to address upon the subject.
They informed him that there were ii
HON. T.B. KING’S
REPORT OX CALIFORNIA.
Washington, March 22d, 1S50.
Sir:—In obedience to your instruc
tions, dated the 3d of April last, I pro
ceeded to California by way of the Isth
mus of Panama, ami arrived at San
Francisco on the 4th day of June.
The steamer in which I took passage
was the first conveyance that reached
California with intelligence of the inau
guration of Presiddot Tailor, and . the
Vent- i wouU cul,1,ate lho Atoll-toolings of the j appointment ^ of.Ws Cabinet, and that
Finally, make the Bible your study.
Live by its precepts. In all your trials
and disappointments, here you will find
peace and consolation. You will be
sustained in life and supported in death.
—Olive Branch.
Eruption of .llouut Ycknvim*.
We find in the Courrier des Etals-
Unis the following further particulars
ol the late eruption, from which paper
we translate:
Eruption of Vesuvius.—The officer of
the American navy who lost his life in
the late out-burst of Vesuvius was
Charles Carroll Bayard, whose grade
was that of a passed midshipman. He
was the son of the Hon. IL H. Bayard,
ex-‘Senalor in Congress, ot the Slate of
Delaware. This young man belonged
to the Mediterranean squadron; and
the ship to which he was attached hav
ing arrived at Naples, he obtained per
mission to go and visit Vesuvius. He
the edge of the crater when
the seminary several young ladies of | l, e was struck in the right arm with _
suitable ages, character, literary and i st one thrown out by the volcano. His
I * 'wound being very serious, he was at
iveyed to Naples; but, notwitb-
Sccne iu a District School.
The only Medicine at once Strengthening, i “ First clas in philosophy—step out
Purifying and Purgaricc, | —close y
tn existence. i manv kin^
T HESE mu nro lhe very perfection of ine.lk-inc, «* | “ £' ,0r '’.
they thoroughly mnl/*«ri>y, without wrww-1 “ Name them.
**•8 rtsUau, wlMch i* thcgreist end lh»t luw luog; “JCngland, Ireland, /Scotland
Ugh! fur.tmt iwrer t»M« j Wntoa.
j “ Pass to next— Smith.”
j “Four—the animal, vegetable,
»*!—TxmVwj- cral and kingdom come.”
i «* Good—go up to head.”
j “ Htibhs, what is meant by the
c harden the n»tt*cles-Utren*tliea the 1 mnl kingdom ?”
blood--fortify the digestive fonc- j . .» Lions, tigers, rhinoceroses, hippo
been sought tor, but never lielure Ui*cnverca.
We satd -withoit weukenin» the system f
fact Dr. LtJloy't J'ilU ttmifthrH while they p*n
They ak>n« remove ll»e ntn'»in»; mid not on _
tain, lint bnice up, Mid consolidate every dung eL*e.-
Thev produce no Owning!—no relaxation !--»>(> debi
ity. * On the contrary, uniter their influence, inriffort
* Vfon »nd pmrijieeiion go hand in hand l By the *nm
action—or rather by a confederatin' - ' *
religious attainments, to he the compan
ion o! a missionary. But be knew them
not. He was attached to none of them,
and had no particular choice. What
was to be done ? It was certainly a
very peculiar case. It was proposed,
therefore, that the interesting though
difficult question be settled according
to their custom, in ** like cases made
and provided,” by lot. Accordingly the
names of the fair candidates for the con
templated honor ami happiness were
placed in some appropriate vessel, and
then, wi|!i great gravity one was drawn
out. The name written upon the suc-
jcessful ticket was Bethia L The
1 young missionary was satisfied. But
l * j will the young lady consent ? Ay; hii .
that’s the question.” When Bethia j VVe' find Vhe follu
and what steps duty to themselves
* threatened, and doubtless would have j people in forming a constitution have the
followed, in other sections ot the ter- unconditional, right to form ami adopt
ritory, had they not been arrested by ; the Government which they may think
the formation of a Slate government, best calculated to secure their liberty,.
While the people of California were j prosperity and happiness? and in con-
l(Hiking to Congress for a Territorial, fonniiy thereto, no other condition is
Government, it was quite evident that imposed by the Federal Constitution on
such an organization was becoming ; a State, in order to be.admitted into this
daily less suited to their, condition, j Union, except that its constitution shall
which was entirely different' from that | be, “ republican,” and that the impo-
ofany of the territories out of which'sition of any other by Congress would
the new Stales of the Union had been 1 not only be in violation of the Constitu-
formed. Don but in direct conflict with the
Those Territories had been at first ] principleou which our politicalsystem
slowly and sparsely peopled by a-few ■ rests.
hunters and farmers, Who penetrated | President Polk, in his annual mes-
| the wilderness, or traversed the prairies j sage, dated 5th of December, 1S4S, uses
i in search of game or a new home; and j the following language.
hen thus gradually their population' The question is believed to bo rathv
i pro-! er abstract than practical, whether
y had j slavery ever can or would exist in
Congress had failed to aid lhe Execu
tive in providing a government for the
people of that territory. The greatest
anxiety was naturally fell and mani
fested to ascertain the cause of this ne-i warranted it, a government was
gleet on the part of the United Stales, [ vided for them. They, however, had | slavery
? foreign commerce,
nything be-
quired them lo take, in the painful j yor.d the ordinary pursuits of agricul
and embarrassing position iu which ! ture and the various branches of busi-
which usually accompany it, to in
duce immigration within their borders.
Several years were required to give
them sufficient population and wealth to
place them in a condition to require or
enable them to support a State Govern
ment.
Not so with California. The dis-
ivery of the vast metallic and mineral
wealth in her mountains had already
attracted to her, in the space of twelve
months, more than one hundred thou
lyrvc*—purity the Uood r fortify u*;digestive nine-1 , “ Lions, tigers, rhinoseroses, hippo-' WM informed*of the liberlv which had »
freely ,BscKc«5 Cwc'l j polo muses, elephants, alligators, monk- been taken with her name, and of the j ^ jSonlcs'^Februnru 9—11 v m —Vesu-
nIu.i» ” 6iCS ’ V ' rS “ S S re3U ",', “P her j n SU< J S - ; vios is ail on fire. Whal an illuminn-
„ . ... .... a|ick a preuy plight for a young lady lo be j li(ln , What lrighlf.il detonations, sod,
beliere Uut they »m nwfer the op<>rat»>n i>f nvuKcmu, very wen—nut v on ii UKC a new m to receive a malrimomal offer! How- „ i. .
minstrad of Uis usual ^UliiauU efo-ct* of i„gTor that last remark.” ! ever, she eol thronoh with her washins * m, f hl ba r VP T , P rotPe<l t d V°® U c can !
tives, tbcT fuel mglow of I.chUIi aim comfort nulistiug. 1 * t |j:i M ,1... mineral kine-i .• i I .u • m no, » a ‘ 1,n g Eylau ! And lhe sky and
.l oln V-‘ ° lhe 'l”«'>.'>”>.S 1 ‘ v ®»»»*«"-‘the sea ippearidtn roll in flame. The
! The hull of Culiforney.” i STSuTlSto b“ Sta «« 1 ” f fr ^ i *“ ,f
Walk straight up to the head.” I T,Z!‘Za f rTfw* k . n °"? >*>'? >"" e b J. ™»n,,n g s.-
IMPORTANT REMEOY.
DR. MITCHELL’S EYE SALVE.
ii vantage* pos«es.«c»l by this xrtielc" or
. ... (’«,.,rfy_ SiMt, Cim**" 1 "** 1 -•
fllHE gren;
* every other, mn»Certu... v .
Economy. All physician* mimic dial _
lo bo *jti>rcboml<-(l from tlru^iiu' the «y
infliimrtl and unhealth’
Salve this ubje
od, a
ibly result from its use; it being in all
j “Johnson, what is the
j kingdom?”
i “ Garden sarse, potatoes
| ingyons, nud all kinds of greens that 1
1 fit f» ‘' *■
A brief sketch of their position will
explain the cause of this anxiety.
The discovery of the gold mines had
attracted a very large number of citi
zens of the United States to that terri
tory, who had never before been ac-
custotned lo any other than American
law, administered by American courts.
There they found their rights of pro
perty and person subject to ihe uncer
tain, and frequently most oppressive,
operations oi laws, written in a lan
guage they did not understand, and
founded on principles, in many respects,
new to them. They complained that
the nlcades, or judges, most of whom
had been appointed or elected before
the immigration commenced,
lawyers by education or profession-;
and, being Americans, they were, of
course, unacquainted with the laws
of Mexico, or the principles of the
civil law on which they are founded.
As our own laws, except forthe collec
tion of revenue, the transmission of the
mails, and establishment of post offices,
had not been extended over that Terri-
I lory, the laws ot Mexico, as they exist
ed at the conclusion of the treaty of
Gaudnlupe Hidalgo, regulating the rc
lations ot the inhabitants of California ;
with each other, necessarily remained
in force ;* yet there was not a single vol
ume containing these laws, as fur as I
know or believe, in the whole Territory,
except, perhaps, in the Governor’s of
fice, at Monterey.
The magistrates, therefore, could not
procure them, and the administration
of justice, was necessarily, as unequal
and fluctuating as the opinions of the
judges were conflicting and variable.
There were no fee-bills to regulate
costs, and, consequently, the most cruel
exactions, in many instances, were
practised.
The greatest confusion prevailed re-
Mcli meandered down lhe sides of ilie ! spooling lilies to property, anti the
standing the care bestowed on him,
was impossible to stop the hemorrha;
which took place. Chloroform was a
ministered lo him, in order that his ar
might be amputated. The operation
appeared to have succeeded, and there
was some hope that he might be saved ;
but, on the.next day, lock-jaw manifest
ed itself, and the young man died <
the morning of. the 10th of February.
Two or three other persons have
been also the victims of their curiosity.
There was an extreme anxiety at Na
ples, moreover, to go and see close at
hand the magnificent spectacle which
the mountain of Vesuvius presented.—
a private cor-
any portion, of the acquired territory
even if it were left to the option of
the slaveholding States themselves.—
From the nature of the climate and pro
ductions, in much the larger portion of
it, it is certain it could never exist; and
in the remainder, the probabilities are
that it would not.
“ But however this may be, the ques
tion, involving, as it does, a principle
of equality of rights or the separate and
several States, as equal copartners in
the Confederacy, should not be dis
regarded.
organizing governments
sand people ; an extensive commerce j these Territories, no dui3' imposed
It belched forth incessantly from i
had sprung up with Chinn, the ports
of Mexico on the Pacific, Chili, and
Australia.
Hundreds of vessels from the Atlantic
ports of the Union, freighted with our
manufactures and agricultural products,
and filled with our fellow-citizens, had
arrived or were on their passage round
Cape Horn ; so that in the month of
June lust there were more than three
hundred sca-going vessels in the port ol
San Francisco.
California has a border on the Pa
cific of 10 degrees of latitude,, arid sev
eral important harbors which have nev
er been surveyed; nor is there a buoy,
a beacon, a light-house, or a fortification
on the whole coast.
There arc no docks (or the repair of
national or mercantile vessels nearer
than New-York, a distance of some
twenty thousand miles round Cap<
Horn.
All these things together with the
proper regulations of the gold region,
the quicksilver mines, the survey and
disposition of the public lands, the ad
justment of the land titles, the estab
lishment of a mint and marine hospitals,
required the immediate formation of a
more perfect civil government than Cal-
»pp$c*Tto tlw external portion* of the eje, the..-,
avoiding all the inconvenience, pnin and danger, which
necessarily attend the introduction of any pungent ar
ticle into die eyo. It* activity in subduing inflamma
tion is so great that l»it tow rn*c* require the use of
more than on* bottle to effect a perfect enre. Onn phy
sician remarked to u*. after liaving witnessed its ef
fect* in sciTctal instance*, that it wa* a “ perfect fire
kiUer." AH we ask is that it* virtue* 1* tlmroughly
tested, and that the direction* be strictly followed.
Prico 40 cent* per box.
Dr. Gordon's
VEGETABLE AST1B1LUOU8
FAMILY PILLS.
F IR the cure of Headache, Giddine**, Salt Rheum,
Rheoroati*fn, Files, Heartburn, Worms, Dyspep
sia, Cholera Morbus, Paris in the Back, limb* and
Joiata, General Weakness, Fit*, Con-mmntinn, Palpita
tion of the Heart, liver Complaint, Rising in the
Throat, Erysipelas, Dentness, Dropsy, Asthma. Itching
of the Skin, Fever* of all kinds, Colds, Gout, Gravel.
Female Complaint*. Nervous Complaint.*, and all other
Disease* arum* from impurities of the blond, and inor-
Md accretions of lhe liver and stomach. , , v „
buck, but he nin 1 , green uobow.”
of the digestive organs. -* . • • |
Dr. GcM, FaMy Mis, '
Being compounded exclusively of such mgredi.
.-Go.1, Almiiy! I .lido-1 buy urn
nigger, ] raised um on shares.”
“And what are pines,and hemlocks,
and elins—aim they vegetables!**
‘‘•No, sir-ec—you can’t cook ’em—
ihctn’s saw logs and framing limber.”
Boys, give me a piece of apple, and
O ctoble Tbe match proved erom enily boppj. j ugly ja , vs „ sbower of granU ' e 8nd fi re ,
carrot, i ‘ "T o’" • l wT'’"' • " , W ”u " i Aid. meander*! down the rides of tbe ,
, lhmS! y ' *' When jcsnog w.lb her burniog wave , 1 deeisu;
lbu..d be hml frequently soul; in tho direction of'Oh.juuo. Wo to all
that she would never marry a man vvbo , wbitb f uul , a , ln il3 J ,|,. AI , or ncar .
was not as tall as herself. After her : , v a „ lhe rorei J who were at Na-
engagement the girls were sol,Cons to - |e> $jx „4, ck a spec ; n | lrain
know whether she was about to adhere
to her resolution. They were both
Congress by the Constitution requires
(hat they should legislate on the subject
of slavery, while their power do so is
not only seriously questioned, but de
nied by many of the soundest expound
ers of (hat instrument.
“ Whether Congress shall legislate
or not, the people of the acquired terri
tories, when assembled in convention
to form State constitutions, will possess
the sole and exclusive power to deter
mine for themselves whether slavery
shall or shall not exist within their lim
its.”
The people of California, therefore,
acting in conformity with the views
thus expressed, and what seemed to bb
the generally admitted opinion In the
States, had every reason to suppose,
and did suppose, that by forming a con
stitution for themselves and deciding
this question in accordance with their
own views and interests, they would be
received with open arms by all parties.
In taking this step, they proceeded
with all the regularity that has ever
characterized the American people in
discharging the great and important du
ties of self-government.
As already stated, I arrived at San
Francisco on the morning of the 4tb of
ifornia then had, and the fostering cure! June.
of Congress and the Executive. ! The steamer in which I. was a pas-
California had. as it were by magic, j «*ngerdid not stop at Monterey ; Itl,?rc-
become a Stale of great wealth and 1 *° rc no1 scc Gcucnil ltiley, nor bad
power. One short year had given her I"”-*; cominun.cat.on With him un
commercial importance but little in- i ll l. a, ! ,ul l ,e ,n,t ^ t l? e °L 1,0 .
you can have an hour’s intermission—
except Hobbs.”
Said a gentleman the other day
to a servant at the hotel where he was
stopping:
“ Bless my soul, Sambo, how black
.you arc; how in the name of wooder did
you get so black?”
“ Why, look’c here, massa, de reason
am dis: dedav dis child was born dere
was an eclipse.”
Ebony received a quarter for bis sat
isfactory explanation, and after grin
ning thanks, continued :
‘ I tell you what it is, dis nigger may
Where you
cordingly measured, and he was found
lo be a few inches tbe tallest. In the
course of a few years an interesting
young family was seen in that rustic
home, than whom very few have risen
higher on the earth..
Apprentices.
Be faithful, boys. In a few years
you will be of oge, and it will give you
unspeakable satisfaction to hear a good
word spoken by your employers in your
iavor. If you are negligent now, if you
are eye servants and rejoice to be away
from the presence of your employers,
that you may give vent to your propen
sities—what encouragement have you to
hope that you will become any thin;
but idle t
and vagabonds? A good,
ling tbc pore*
11 fireign ami oh-
o that ihf blood, of
buy dat watermelon. Pomp?” asked j faithful apprentice will always make
Pete. i worthy and industrious man. We have
watched the progress of many apnr
;ood l
j» System, strike
■wring all impurities fr»
externally ana IntcmalW,
noxiou* particles from tl> ,
irtudi U a* tbe origin, most be’ tborovgbljr'para,
sRrily securing a free and rigorous action to tho Heart,
Lungs, Liver and Stomach, thereby restoring health,
by opening tbe pores, cleansing the’ -rows and arteries,
unimpeding all the natural veins and notifying the
blood, they render tho system not only thoroughly
sound but also impervious to disease, even rrhen ail
other means hare foiled. - Within the last twelve
month.*, room .than one bundled eases of. tbe most ag
gravated turns of Dyspepsia hare been cured bv the
medicine, where rigbfdieting, tfic blue pill, and-aftwrit
every other means had been resorted to without any
faeoeflt, and. when death etared lie miserable victim
Tolly hi the foce. If Dr. GonWs Pills were not adapt-
• of anyb*thisforeidm.Wv.thc*uni- ! ^3,, what bad a bill agin a ghost?
nigger,
“ How lx? dat ?”•
“ Dai’s true, • true as parchment,
for jailer Sam steal two, and gib me dis
not to tell.—Yaw, yaw, yaw 1’’
One op the Bovs.—“ I wish I was
a ghost, blamed il l don’t,” saida poor
covey the other night, as.he sat solilo
quizing in the .cold. “ They goes
wherever they pleases, toll free: they
don’t owe nobody nothing, and tbat!s
>t adapt- j a. comfort. Who ever hearn teli ofa
r25aaSJ55£22S5i£52SSa&22a£iTO vvhal lmd a bm a g' n a ghost?
- waft m to tame” thTnam^heir fovrmor, «s « ^olxxiy. They never has to bay hats
benc&garaf his species. j anrf^’ yittals*an«l liquor, norbas. to saw
i?ii Tgr ^** OCtoC >>>C *° nt ,-wood and run arrants. as.l do. Tbeir
Fiwub^dsouSn^serijRkmaf Umlfodkincitlmi shirts never gel dirty, nor their trows-
MwrWits operatkm, thn compfomfob « «d«P^. ers out ul the knees, as I ever heard
*£3gS&33iZiS5£&5r \ 'f on - “ 1,10
*-itr All orders must bo ailro^vi to o'_ Y«‘ BURR, dent people l know on.. J really wish I
* BROTHER, 154 Greenwich rrr, New Vwk, ' '
wh. have tbe Sole Agrocy rf tbe Soutb aud We*l
. I liri v \ r { **Come out here, and*IHl fids *tlie
LiWiiA tURDlAL>< •. whole^o» ye,” aS‘ lhe boy said to the
ELIXIR _ molasses candy in the shop window.:
Burmfer jRAfcpt - . ’■ - j . .
u• A lady in Chester was asked- to. jom
S’.; the Daughters pf Temperance. Shere-
J |-plied, f‘It is unnecessary, as il ia my
> I mtemion to join one of-tbe Sons soon.”
good boy
which the railraod manager put at their
disposition. A great many ladies were
of the number who went.
HaJf-past eleven.—The sharpness of
the reports has doubled; an immense
column of flame rises lo the sky ; Ve
suvius Iia3 just formed a new crater
for itself, a new issue; . it presents at
this time the most magnificent and most
imposing phenomenon which could be
offered to the admiration of man.
Midnight.—One of my friends, a
Swiss officer in the service of the king
of Naples, has just sought me in hi
carriage to’conduct me 10 the theatre
of this sublime spectacle. I depart
with a view of giving you more ampli
details on my return.
February 10—10 a. m.—I abandon
the idea of depicting to you the terrible
yet magnificent spectacle of the night.
It would rcqqire the golden pen of the
Arabian Nights, and even that would
break in impotence in my hands. The
justly be regarded as folly emiilccTm j Cnnsiiiuiiou, i«uithe tkuriyggfu,. wit
take”her place as an equal among her rc ^? vci * ,
- • " • Tho people acted in accordance with
HIIU HI'- | <1 (JlUIllllCH.l'il Win niiiv ill- | ~ .
of suits, involving the most | fe rior to t hr. t of the most powerful of j ^* ,e ” ” c c j > m,e 10 San ^L'rancisco. A
portant rights, and very large sums ' the old States. She had passed her J . vv days aftcr my arrival, uu proclatna-
of money depended upon the dictum of minority at a single bound, and might I jj, on C ^‘^S a convenlion.iti fiirm a Sraje
The sale of the territory by Mexico
the United States had necessarily cut
f or dissolved the, laws regulating
the granting or procuring titles to
land ; and, as our own land laws had
not been extended over it, the people
were compelled to receive such titles
as were offered to them, without the
means of ascertaining whether they
were valid or not.
slers of the Union.
When, therefore, the reality became
known to the people of that Territory
that the Government had done nothing
to relieve them from the evils and em-
barrasrnents under which they were
suffering, and seeing no probability of
any change on the subject, which dividr,
cd Congress, they adopted, with most .<•• - : :r.
Litigation was so expensive and pre- j unexampled unanimity and prnmpti-l approved, to be presented to Congress,
rious that injustice and oppression j tude, the only course which lay open to| wj*h a prayer tor the admission of
were frequently endured, rniber iban them—tbe imtnetlaie formation of a ; liforma, as a State, into the Lmoo.
what they believed to be the view^ of
Congress, and conformably to the re
commendations of the proclamation;
anil proceeded, on tbe day appointed,
to elect members ton convention, for,
the purpose of forming aomstinition;to
bo regularly submitted to the people,
for their ratification or rejection, and, if
resort to so uncertain a remedy-
Towns and ciues were springing in
to existence—many., of them without
charters or any legal right to organize
municipal authorities, or to tax proper-
lhe citizens,.for lhe establishment
Slate government. | 1 de
They were induced to lake this stepj pbaiic
rentices ' splendors of this Vesuvian eruption ex*
lices anil we never knew s
turn out a bad man. If t
are really honest and fait (
can be no doubt but they will become , could conceive of the fantastical. Un
good, wise and respected citizens. j happily tbc lava has made great rnvag-
Associate with no youths who are'es; it spreads over a large surface of
addicted to bad practices. One bad ground, two leagues long and half a
boy may ruin a score. As soon as you j league broad, at an elevation of four
discover in a-companion, a disposition ' metres.* It has destroyed the magnifi-
10 be dishonest, profane or even vulgar cent villa of the .Prince of Oltajano, a
in his language, we would beg of you lo convent, a church, some cottages, and
attempt his reform, and if you cannot. a number of vines,
succeed,' to quit bis company at once.! The folllowing circulation exhibits
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e here to make, a brief and .em
pty to the various’ unjust VqcI
not only for the reason that it promised j most extraordinary accusations and in-
j he most speedy remedy for present J sin nations which have been made re-
difficulties, but because the great and i specting the movements, of tbft’ people
t rapitlly growing interests of the Ter-1 of California in forming their Slate go
of police, the erection of prisons, or pro- i r iw>ry demanded it; and all reflecting vernmetit.
viding any of those means for lbe.pro-j.men. saw at a glance, that it ought not; Iliad no secret instruct ions, verbal
lection! oflife and property, which are to be any longer, and could not under-or written, from the President, or any
so necessary in pH civil communities, j art y circumstances, be much longer, j one else, what lo sh^ to tbe people of
and especially among a people mostly!postponed. [California on the subject of slavery;—
strangers lo each other. j They not onI3' considered themselves nor was it ever hinted or intimated to
Nearly one million and a half of dol-j best qualified, but that they had the , me that I was expected to attempt p?
lars had been paid into the custom- f right to decide, as far as they were j influence iheiipciion in the slightest de
houses, as duties on imported goods, concerned, the embarrassing question gree on that subject. That I never did,
before our revenoe laws had been ex- J which was shaking the Union to ns cen- i the people of California will bear me
tended over tbe country ; and the peo- ire, and had thus far deprived Thera ot'witness. In that Territory there was
pie complained bitterly that they were j a regularly organized civil government, none of the machinery of party or of
thus heavily taxed without being pro- They believed that, in forming a con- ( the press; and it is even more absurd
vided with a government for their pno-.| slitulion, they had a right to establish to suppose that any secret influences, for
lection, or laws which they could un- or prohibit slavery, and that in their or against slavery, could have been
derstand, or allowed the right to be j action as a State,’ they would bb sus>| used there, than it would be to believe
represented in the couneilsoftbe nation, j mined by the North and the South. that they could be successfully emptoy-
White anxiously wailing the action They " ere not unmindful of lhe facl, e.l in Maryland or Georgia. '
of Congress, oppressed and embaraased 1 u .j,j| e Northern, statesmen had cim- ; 1 therefore declare nil assertions and
Spend your leisure hours in-sorac pro 5 - j the increasing progression ol the Vesu- j by this state of affairs, and feeling the. leaded’that Qonsress has power lo pro-' insinuations, that l was secretly. ..iti-
fitable pursuit. Do not go to nny place vian cruptioni. From the year 79-to J pressing necessity 61 applying such ; hibit’ slavery^^ in the Territories, they stnicted to, or that I did in anyway,
of amusement where tbe mind is not ! thb ><?ar 1036 of the Chrisuatrera, five j remedies as were m their power and j )a( | always admitted that the Stales bi .aUcmpt lo influence the people orCaR-
really benefited.. Don’t stand at ibe are reckoned; from 1036 to!631, there j Circumstances seemed to justify, they ' lhc Union b ai i right to abolish or es-j f °nna to exclude* slavery from their^er-
corners of the strebls, or lounge in shops were seven; from 1631 to 1794,seven- • resolved to substitute laws of their own ; , a hlish it at pleasure. ! ntory, to be without fouudalion, ^
of Lad repute. Always have a useful teen; from 1794 to, 1850, eight; of which j for the existing system, and to establish j Qn the other hand, Southern states- { The election of delegates \o ths con.-
book to take up^—a good newspaper, or three have threatened the safely of the tribunals for their proper and faihfut ad- . lJiea |j at | almost unanimously contend- vention proceeded regularly in punti*
sheet ol paper on which to pen your; cities situated-at the foot of 4he-rolci- j ministration.- . . fed tliat Congress has' not ihe const!tu- ancq of the proposed mode of, briltfing
thoughts. Read the livffS of such men hie mountain. ‘ r In^^obedience,^therefore, to tbe extra- , ,; om i] power lo prohibit slavery in 'tl»e it, and as far as I am informed, no ques-
as Franklin, Hale, DoJridge, Locke, t—TT” . . ordinary exigencies of I heir condition, Tertitorie’s^licrausp they have not l lie. lions were asked whether a candidate
NeWion, Johnson, Adams, Washington/ A^netre * a amaii rractioaover a vara. ; fee people of the city of San Francisco 1 pow^ IO it ; but that the peo- was a Whig or a Deroocrai. or wlfetlfer
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