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JOHN n. CHBISTTW
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NEW SERIES—VOL. III., NO.
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ATHENS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1850.
UNIVERSITY Or GEORGIA LIBRARY
VOLUME xvm. NUMBER 8
0jclectci» Ipoctrg.
jARpring upon a silver cloud
Ur looking ou ibe world Wow,
Watching I bo breeze* aa they lxmtd
The bad* and bloanoina to and fro,
fiho mw the field* with hawthorn* walled;
Hu id Spring " New bud* I will create,”
Aho ton flower spiritcall? tl.
Who on the month of Mnv did wait,
A*d bade bar fetch a Hawthorn spray.
That ahe might make the bud* of May.
•Said Spring, “ The grot* look* green and bright
The Hawthorn hedge* too are yi
Ark.
I'll aprinklo tl
a of light,
Her ateep hilUid** and h via tad a. ,
Where woodland* dip into the dale*.
Where’er the hawthorn atanda and drew
Where the thick-leaved tree* make dark tin
I’ll lighteach nook with flower* of May.
“ Like pearly dew-drop*, white and round.
The shut up bud* shall first appear.
And in them be aucb fragrance found
S, gath
will sing tn
Allhough h
now, he sti
by his praj’ers.
nuncJ me now, aml° I! Hereditary Right.—A gentleman
the songs of Zion.”—'expatiated on the justice and propriety
songs— ' • * *' r ““ 1 * *’*■
luchaa in Eden onlyd
When angela hoi
elt,
And long-haired Eve at mormug kmlt,
In Innocence among the flower,;
While the whole earth w.a every way.
Filled with a perfume a* aweet aa May.
“And oftahall group* of children come.
Threading their way through shady place*,
From many a peaceful English borne.
The annahine falling ou thmir faces;
Starting with merry voice the thrush,
Aa through green lane* they wander singing.
To gather the aweet Hawthorn bush
Which homeward in the evening bringing.
With smiliug faces, they shall sav.
There’* nothing half ao aweet aa May! ^
" And many a poet yet unborn
Shall link ita name with some aweet lay,
And lovers oft at early morn
Shall gather blossom* of the May,
With eye* bright a* the silver dew*.
Which on the rounded May-hud* sleep;
And lips whose parted smile diffuse
A annahine o’er the watch they keep.
Shall open all their white nrr.iy
Of pearls, ranged like the buds of May.”
Rpring shook the cloud on which she lay.
Ami ailvered o’erthe Hawthorn sprav,’
Then ahowered down the buda of May.
THE CASTLES WE BUILT IN AIR.
There were bniklera strong on the earth of old.
To-day there are planners rare;
But naver was temple, home, nor hold
Ul
ol
chill he*
Thro’ the twilight* heavy wi
That found u*in stronger
The store was small and the
We own’d in those buildir
But atately ami fair the fnhri
That no gold of earth couli
ISS gr rr is&'&ssS? ' ( =lri y e l
! \- V c J ar 8®‘. 1 *^' r ^. eat an ‘* d**’ firmalion of the iruth of the Holy Scrip- I and seven!}) stood up in the meeting lion a chanter in Cenr>*i<! found fh*»
r «sr It, 8 ?- an, ? hefore a ? reai "K
l—h.remay be mo., favorable Biblenf.be occurred, -T,I,I? great! ItaJ gonet'ry't
* P ‘ en0mt, " n "'... fill, si ye, record ibe same event | teresiing stalemem, noticing a large found written and read inan audible
I BRAnn^K’* F,rm TnpW a* that spokeni ofAn Holy Writ. There ; number of his former tavern associates,: voice—“ nml she was pitched without
«, . , te Wash- were other coincidences also, such, for \ standing in the back part of the house, and within »” He had* nnh mnilv
fnr «i 'e proposed to j example as the record of a great slarva-| he called to them and said: “Oh, j into the middle of a tie-rrini imt ^nf
!? T r ”'' , ? 5j 'i ,i " n . " hich to " k P^e about the time my friends, yon, who have o otenNoah’ ’ ■ descnp.tnn of
P. S Ji;^^^g1-!p;i.m7e:!^^ JOSC,,h *“ prime " f b "i n den S hle J 'Vilhmy foolish
1 ingnn exirnct from a sermon preached! ° —
by the Rev. Snmjel Davies in Hanover! Nlnercli Discoveries,
county,Virginia,August 17.thirty-! Very late anti highly satisfactory ac-
f nine days after Braddock’s defeat:—“As ; counts have, within these few days,
i a remarkable instance: of rimic jbeen received from Mr. Laj’ard, in As-
j spirit.) I may point out to the public ’ fyria, giving intelligence of new and
i 1 hat heroic youth, Colonel Washington, | important discoveries in the Nimroud
. whom I cannot but hope Providence has'' mound. He has made fresh and ex-
hitherto preferred, in to signal a manner | tensive excavations in parts of the emi-
\Jor tome important tcrrice to his country.” , nence not yet explored, and the result
t was a remarkable tact that Washing- l ,as been the finding of nothing less
on was the only officer on .horseback, | •ban the throne upon which the mon-
vho escaped unhurt on that fatal day, j arch, reigning about three hundred
in.I he had four bullets through his coat, j years ago,sat in his splendid palace. It
md two horses killed under him. is composed of metal and of ivory, the
——- metal being richly wrought, and the
ivory beautifully carved. It seems that
the throne was separated from the state
apartments by means of a large cur
tain, the rings by which it was drawn
and undrawn having been preserved.—
No human remains have come to light,
and everything indicates the destruction
of the palace by fire. It is said that
the throne has been partially fused by
the heat.
Politics of tljc man.
tracted public notice; that the Presi
dent told Governor Crawford, although
he did not recollect to have been told by
Tlic Galphin Claim. i hitn, that the claim had been allowed
HOUSE—Mr. Burt from the majori- I by Congress, and was pending before
A few Words for Children.—“You
ere made to he kind, generous, anil
agnnnitimus. If there is a boy in the
■hoo| who has a club-foot, don’t let
in know \h-: you ever saw it. If there
a boy wit, ragged clothes, don’t talk
>out rags wh-.-n he is in hearing. If
there is a lame L->y, assign him some
part of the game which does not require
running. If there is a hungry one give
him part of your dinner. If there is a
dull one, help hitn to get his lesson. If
I here is a bright one, be not evious
»f him; for if one boy is proud of his
lalents, and another is envious of them.
adder
And oil! but I hero gather’.
To the caaUua we built it
No place was left for the bond*
For the ' ' ”
Ofthia gni
It was joy to pause by tl,e pleasant home*
That our wsnd’riog at.-p* have raaa’tl.
fet weary look* through the woodbine hlu
Or the w '
But there 1
And the.
ongs,
nd no
' talent than IxT.re. If „
boy has injured ytiu, and is sorry for if,
forgive him and ask the teacher not to
punish him. All the school will show
by the ^countenances how much better
Horace Mann.
Pleasures of Home.—The beneficent
ordination of Divine Providence is, that
home should form our character. The
firs', object of parents should be to make
home interesting. It is a bad sign
whenever children have to wander from
• be parental roof for amusement. Pro
vide pleasure for them around their
own fireside, and among themselves.—
The excellent Leigh Richmond pursued
ibis plan, and had a museum in his
house, and exerted every nerve to in
terest his little flock. A love of home is
oneohhegrealest safeguards iri the world
to man. Do you ever see men who de
light in their own firesides, lolling
about in taverns or saloons? Implant
this sentiment early in the child; it is
a mighty preservative against vice.
£j\On. , —WI, UlC JlISlItU Ulll
lough his songs are dot often heard °/ an hereditary nobility :
, he still lives to benefit the world ■ r 'gbL” said he, in “order to hand down
to future ages the virtues of those men
; who have rendered eminent services to
. their country, that their posterity should
enjoy the honors conferred on them as
a reward for such sorviccs ?”—•• By
, the same rule,” replied Dr. Franklin,
j “ if a man is banished, hung, or itnpris-
oned, for his misdeeds, all his posterity
j should receive the like punishment!”
ty of the Select Committee made a
port. He said that upon some of the
questions involved under the resolution
of the House the Committee were una-
! ble to agree; particularly in regard to
the payment of the interest. On the
part of the committee he submitted a
resolution that the report and the two
cral reports or arguments of other
the Treasury Department; yeT he did
not see, if he had been so informed,
how he could have given any other opin
ion than he had given; that being at
the head of the War Department, and
agent of the claimants, did not deprive
him of the rights he may have had aa
such agent, nor would have justified
hitn in having the examination and de-
t£l)c fjumoriat.
md there
Tricks npou Travelers.
Three days ago a newly-married cou
ple arrived in Paris from Vernon, to
pass the honeymoon. On Thursday
they had arranged to go to the theatre
together, but the wife being indisposed,
the husband went alone. During the
performance, he went to take a turn on
the bonlvard, and, whilst walking quiet
ly along, he was violently pushed j preserving warmth, is*vcry remarkable.; off his hat and handin'* it'to the f„i..t-r
mnde’an'an^rv'exchm 7!"° ' *V *1 §enera ,! [ u,e ’ J 1 * l * ,e f, . ar J co,ors | * l was a rC! ‘l Florence hat, a splendid
r.c I ; ,, S r y cxt,am ’* ,,0, ». l be other, absorb more light and more of the sun’s | article, that shone like black satin—
'■ ! S'T 5 1,M, 8 ,rrn ”; j ,h "" " r » brigliler kind, ami, i The old gon.Inman Inok ihe hat, ami rc-
T» ifcn 7 pr..pnm.,n to ,l,is -qonlilv, is iheir que.led Ihe bar keeper In send fnr a
I » .n im r ini n cameupln linassailanl, power of absorbing heat. A good ab- quart of molasses : “ ibe cbean mrl at
and be young ,ni„, would have been sorber is also a gon,I radiator! hence.! six cents a qnart-tb 't’s dte kind n.e
grossly dl-trented ,i the appearance of | dark colors are good radinlnrs of heat, I in this experiment,” said he, handing
The Beilins Bandy.
A young gentleman—with medium i A minister wasTnee called upon to
s!d? of elmhe- n a' nU fa a S C ’ M '“o'' 8 i e(recl a reconciliation between a fisher-
.• f . - lonable tailors man and his helpmate. Alter using all
,, & 1 . ° .heir customers the arguments in bis power tn convince
on accommodating tcW-tha. is, | the offending husband that it was nn-
be .nseenre eredtt svstem-eame into! , nan | y c h°as,ise his loving wife, the
a hotel to Race street yesterday after- minister concluded: “David, yon
ternnnn, and after calling for a glass of, know that your wife is the weaker ves-
Mndetra, turned to the company and ; sel: you should have pity on her.”—
ofieredtohel with any man present, | “ Cnnfuund her,’ replied the anery
hat the slop Susquehanna wool,I not ! fisherman, if she’s the weaker vessel,
he successelu ly launched nest Sutur- site should carry the less sail.”
day. The “ banter” not being taken : ,
up. he proposed to wager five dollars A mathematician being asked by a
that Dr. Webster would not be hung. Wag, “If. pig weighs two hundred
Tins seerned to be a “ stumper,” ton,' pounds, now much will weigh a large
for nobody accepted the cnauce. The bog?” replied: “Jump into Ihe scale
exquisite glanced nrmtnd contemptuous- ' and I will tell vou immediately.”
ly amt remarked : “ I want to in make I ——... 3
whmh^r "V'd'l' 1 !' P>1 ’" 1 . care a J n Coronek’s ’quest Literature.—A
shiPiti"’- worth of <Z‘ y " ln S fr<l ™ a Greenfield paper says that the follow-
dred . 7 No hV ° hu ,'“ i is a li,cral c,, Py '’ rihe re lurn ofaenr-
re “ r-olbtrs. hnw.your time, gentle- | oner’s jury in that village :
men; what on you propose?" Sip-1 'totheHonontblotat
P ,n S a glass in one corner of the barj Sir your juris cant«r Gree
room, sat a plain old gentleman who! fburmun.
looked like he might be a Pennsylvanit
He put down his glass and ad
! members of the Committee be printed. cwion o! t,,e Secretary of the Treasury
j Mr. B. said it was the wish of the I suspended. The President added, that,
committee that the report should lie on in bis °P inion * d‘the claim was a just
! the Speaker’s table until it, and the doc- onc u 'i<lcr the law of Congress, it
! aments accompanying be printed, when j *Im» u 1cI have been paid, no-matter who
i they would ask that it be taken up for' were l . ,,e P ar ‘ ies »n»c?resieff in it, and
; the purpose of being disposed of or re- j ^ ,al •l ,,s wn * due to the credit and good
j ferred. faith of the. Government.
I Mr. Brooks, on the question of print- j Tl,e decision of the question of inter
j mg. went fully into the history of the cs * 0,1 l ^ ,e c ^ a " UT1 Mr. Walker, the
claim, which he said, arose in 1773, un- j ,a,e Secretary «>f the Treasury, was
; der the British Government. 1 urged by Gov. Crawford, and some ol
j We regret that we had not an oppor-j his fnewds insisted on it with so much
j tunity to copy the report at lull length, earnes,,,eM as induced Mr. Walker to
it being sent to the public printer not conclude that Governor Crawford would
| tong; after its delivery; but the follow- ! ,)e a member of the present Cabinet.—
mg is
In i
icd the exquisite—“ Well, mister,
lot in ihe habit of making bets, but
•mg you are anxious about it, I don’t
if I gratify you. So I’ll bet you a
h of sixes that I can pour a
.fx.ua* ..I molasses into vour hat. and
The Influence of Color on Heat, j turn it out a solid lump of molasses can-
Tbe influence which color exerts over . dv in two /ninutes bv the watch.
ipparel, as modifying its power of! “Done!” said the exquisite, mkintr
Gov
„ V ll»c flower* ..four dr.-wiling life
By the home* that we built iu air.
Oh ! dark autl loue tunc the bright hearths gr
Where our loud and gay heart* met,
rnmny have . h inged, andaumr are gone.
But we build the blith.
Aimrn Imre built in the
^ Ere Egypt raised her t
three
| hour
• Imslin
Misfortunes are a kind of disci
pline of humanity.
-The first part of wisdom con
sists in ability to give good counsel;
the next is, to take it.
If your means suit not with your
ends, pursue those ends which suit
with your means.
•'Truth overcomes falsehood, and
the wife, and
aha.lo
aa laid
On the old Chaldean plain
Even thus have they framed their tower* of thoi
Aa the area came and went.
From die flatter boy iu liia Shetland boat.
To the Tartar in hi* tent.
And aomelhat beyond nor azure any
* Therearo realmna for hope and prayer.
Have de nied litem but ling'riiic* bv the wav.
Then*castle* wc build in air.
JtttBccllang.
Color of tlie Ocean.
The waters of the globe exhibit vari
ous hues, which depend upon a variety
of circumstances. The ocean absorbs
all the prismatic colors except that of
uhramarine, which is reflected in every
direction. This is its true color in gen
eral when seen apart from atmospheric
influence, modified by depth; but eve
ry gleammf Bjinshine, passing clouds,
winds, shoals, and sandbanks, affect its
lints. Particular parts of ihe ocean
•how peculiar colors. The sea is white
in the Gulf of Guinea, and black amid
«h«F Maidive Islands. Various purple,
*ed and mse-colorcd waters occur in the
tn£fcer parts of the Mediterranean, in
Ihe Vermillion sen off California, the
Red Sea, and in tracts along the coasts
of Chili, Brazil, and Australia. Green
water appears in connection with
Ibe deepest blue in,the Arctic ocean.
The appearances rire permanent, and
that ships have been partly
in blue and partly in geen at the same
h® 6. These tints are occasioned by
differently colored animnlculae, which
.•warm in conntless myriads in the tracts
in question. The seme species of nni-
malcuJae which color the Red Sea. have
been found in other similarly tinted dis
trict# of the Ocean. The green of the
Arctic seas is produced also by minute
animals, which visit iii spring the coast
of Holland, and have been encountered
in itnmtnsc shoals migrating in ihe At
lantic.. In the Antarctic regions. Sir
James Ross remarked repeatedly the
change of color of ihe sea, from light
OCtaaic bluelto a dirty brown, caused
by ferruginous animalculoe. The phos
phorescence of the oceanr*n magnificent
and imposing specmble. when the
-^raees scintiloie with bright green sparks
or exhibit a long line of fire flashing in a
thousand directions, is mainly caused
bv minute organic beings, which are
phosphorescent while alive ; a property
d had been arrested
a quarrel at a cafe, broken a looking-
glass and table, and that he acconlmg-
■y begged ol her to go to him with mo
ney to pay for the damage. Tlie wife,
dreadfully alarmed, tied up some bank
notes in a pocket-handkerchief, and
hastened off in a cab. ihe commission
aire taking a place beside her. On ar
riving at their destination, the man. to
her surprise, suddenly disnppen
she was still more astonished .
that her pocket-handkerchief and notes
had disappeared also. She hurried
home again, and there found her hus-
hmul. They both related their adven
tures, and it appeared that ihe thieves
must havediscovcied the wife’s address
from a letter in the husband’s pocket-
book, which they had managed to steal
in the scuffle, though lie had not noticed
it at the time.—Galirrnani.
?d, and
find
■ „ , , • v'. o iium locituiiics latsenooa, ana
tppers to the liar keeper. The suspicion cannot live before perfect
vas brought and the old farm- ' frankness. 1
crave and mysterious counte-! , .
■lit into the dandy’s bnt.!. ~^ ca ”y a •«™> l yonr
■ uisitc toolc out 111. wnir-h! ,n "S' ,e “>‘"J"'® tlie reputation of any
the un-
r de eiffe bad not cnctsed the land, aucnrtlitig'to tlie nature ol iheir ...
to take to flight. About an j material, bad or good conductors.— | tnolassi
a man, having the appear- j White, on the contrary, reflects the rays > er, will
presented of light, and, with them, the lidat, and j nance, tuv „ iu (
►hi her her thus is a bad absorber and bad radiator ! while the exquisite took" outffis watch j
ig of heat. It is, therefore, well adapted to note the lime. Giving the hat two| J
th for summer nnd a winter dress, j or three shakes, with a Signor Blitz like! Teach your children well; then
the summer season, prohibiting the! adroitness, the experimenter placed the ' l ^ ou S** J’ 0,) leave them little, vou give
ssnge of heat from without inwards, j it on the table, and stared into it ns if j ,l,ctn much -
and in the winter, in the contrary dircc-j watching the wonderful process of the- When the heart is wo
lion. Franklin, many years since,_ plat- solidification. “Time’s up,” said the ‘ derstawling is easily pursued.
e« a niim >er of small squares nt van- ! dandy. The old farmer moved the hal, j When passion enters in at the
ous colored cloths of the same mate-j “ Well, I do believe it ain’t hardened front gate, Wisdom goes out at the back.
hit^l e^r’Zt 'Tl; T I *«' .•*'* ,ie in a ,one expressive ol dis-1 A friend, like a glass, will best
'hat the snow covered by the black appointment—“I missed it some how discover to you your own defect*
piece was rhe most, and that beneath or other that time, and I suppose I’ve rv * . . ^ U 1 cls *
diite the least, melted. Sir Hum- j lost the bet. Bar keeper, let the gentle-! venr ' kG * l,c ? ea *°“ of lhe
pieces of copper, j man have the scars twelve sixes p Car * ,S ,eSl 1,1 ,ts P rM I >er t,nr,e *
ind—and charge Them in my bill.*’— i —Secrecy is the key of prudence,
^ • an<l the sauctuar\ r or wisdom.
richest who is contented ;
phrey Davy i ...
(each an inch square, and two
thick,) of equal weight—one yellox
one red, one green, one blue and m
black. On the centre of the under su
faces was placed a portion of a mixtui
of oil and wax, which became fluid ;
seventy-six degrees. The plates wei„.
then attached to a hoard painted while. |
! —" ibe segars,” roared the exqui-
| s,,e » “ y° u have spoiled my hal that cost
I me five dollars and you must pay for i content is the riches of
jit. “That wasn’t in the bargain,” If a jewel be genuine, no matter
j mildly answered the old gentleman, who says it is counterfeit.
| “bur I’ll let you .keep the molasses,! Self-esteem is often punished by
. . . , r ,, i' '••! wh,c * 1 13 a more than we agreed.”; universal contempt.
and the coloredI of all ihe pieces equal-j Having drained the tenacious fluid from mpn .* arf
iv exposed to the direct rays of the sun. j his beaver, as he best could, into a spit- 1 1 , 1 » somc of
Chinese Tradition of the Dclngc. The result was, that the cerate on the ! box, the man ol mustaches rushed from ,0,, ° r * ®‘ h * rS ° " chc# * , , .
In an address lately delivered in Dub- “lack plate first began to melt, then that! the place, his fury not much abated by , ke other men s sh, p- w recks
lin by Dr. Gutzlaff, 'that distinguished on blue, next the green and red. and j the followed his exit. He made his sea ’ fira ™ 3 lo yourself.
man, among other things, made the fol- j ly ibe yellow. The square coated complaint at the Police office, bnt as it j Make not the sail loo big for the
lowing statement:—Let them now look j ' vi, h white was scarcely affected by the appeared that the experiment was tried.! ve33el » lest you sink it.
to the cast of Asia, and there on its beat, though the black hadI completely \v:th his own consent, no damage could * To whom you hetray your sc-
shores, washed by the Pacific, they routed* More recently, a sitniiar expe-1 be recovered.—Pennsylvanian. j cret, you give your liberty.
' ancle,„ nation, | riatent wasi made by Stark He cnvvl- ~ i At the gate which suspicion en-
•ped the bulbs of a number of ther- t Baru his old Pictnre. iters, love gi r
Crawfiiril alluded to it,r
occasion, in conversation with the At
torney General, ns one in which some ol
Ins Georgia friends were concerned, but
only to ask him to examine it at his lei
sure. He alluded to it three or four
limes in conversation with Mr. Meredith
before its decision, but only to ask that
it might be decided without delay.—
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Meredith, and Mr.
Whittlesey, testified that Gov.Crawford
tlid not by any act or expression make
known to them his interest or agency in
the claim, nor were they informed of it
by any other person whilst it was unde
cided, and there is no evidence before
the committee to the contrary.
The bundle ol papers relating to the
claim was sent by the Comptroller to.. A
the Secretary of the Treasury, and by
him to the .Nuorucy General. Amongst
them was the power of attorney, al
ready referred to: another from Mil-
ledge Galphin to Gov. Crawford dated
December 30, 1848; and and one or
two letters written by Gov. Crawford to
some officer of the Treasury Depart
ment in the month of February, 1849.
Neither of these papers stipulated any
compensation for his services. Judge
Joseph Bryan appeared on all occasions
as the agent and counselor the claim,
and submitted all the arguments in sup
port of it. No other person was known
to the officers of the Government a*
agent or counsel for it.
The committee have not been able lo
discover any evidence that Governor
Crawford ever availed himself of his
official position, or of the social rela
tions it established between himself and
the other members of the Cabinet, to in
fluence the favorable determination of
- ->uld find Chi.. V( «.
which lias retained its customs for .
2000 years, with a strictness and attach- j ammeters in pieces of the same mate-
ment that would do honor to belter j r * a *» ^ ul °f different colors, and immprs-
tliings. In fact, the Chinese had a “ J
tinual history even from the Delude up
to the present lime; they had writers in
all times and in all circumstances, and
they had a language which, in its essen
tial parts, hud undergone very little
change for the past 2000 years. Was
it not a wonder that this nation could
exist so long, and could not be subdued
by the storms that had swept over the
C Inins of Asia? The fearful inroads of
arhanans who wasted and overthrew
Ihe Roman Empire in the West and in
the East, all that the wisdom of the Hin
doos had established, did not annihilate
or dis|terse his nation (for he called the
: Chinese his own nation.) The invaders
of Chinn, instead of giving their triumph
a national character, were ohlignd in
lime lo amalgamate with the Chinese,
and thus this nation was preserved in
its purity. The Chinese history stated
that there was alone time ag'reai de
luge, when thr; waters rose to the hea
vens, nud that the empire was then con
verted into a swamp, which a Ring call
ed Shun got drained by means of canals
whose mouths o(>cned into the. seas and
rivers. The date of this event only
_d the whole in boiling water. The
thermometer around which the black
cloth was wound, was covered with
green, then red and last of all, white ;
the difference between the black and
the .white being twenty-five per cent.
This influence of color is antagonized
by the uature of the material; and, as
it acts superficially, it produces very
little change on thick, although consid
erable on thin texture, such as gauze.
An Aged Couple.
A writer in the Boston traveler gives
the following remarkable history: I
know a man and his wife in the Wes
tern part of Worcester county, who
have lived together about 78 years.—
At the time they were married, the man
was 18 and the woman 16 years of
age ; so that he is now about 96. They
have lived to follow to ihe grave one of
their descendants of the fifth generation.
The venerable patriarch has been a
very active and useful man. He was,
until more than sixty years of age, very
fond of fun and frolic; and on all pub
lic days ho would have around him a
delighted crowd, listening to his songs
Bara his old Picinre.
Ned Grimes wore a sad counte- P . , - , ,
nance. He tvaa ttske.l what nat the [ it ~ X rCmCm "
I Nothing is more noble than fidel
ity ; faithfulness and truth are the besi
matter, but no satisfactory answer
forthcoming. At length a particular . . , e . - ,
friend obtained the following particulars 'V ; 'allhfulne,. and trull
of him : endowments of the mind.
“You know,” said Ned, “ I have A great woman not imperious, a
been courting Sally W. a long while, ; fair woman not vain, a woman of com-
and so we had a great notion of gelling mon talents not jealous; an nccomplish-
married. when the darn’d old Colonel iwoman who scorns to shine—are
—” j four wonders just great enough to be
“ Go on, Ned, don’t be a boy; what! divided among the four quarters of the
about the colonel?” ! globe.
“ Why you see, Sally said I had bet- j Education.-*-** The aim of ed- j
ter ask him, and so I did, as perlite as j ucation should be to leach us rather j
I knew how.” ! how to think, than what to think; rather [
Well, what reply did he make ?” to improve our minds, so as to enable i
“ Why, he kindey hinted round as if u> to think for ourselves, than to load',
I warn’t wanted there, no how?” the memory with the thoughts of other
“ Well, Ned, let us know what they men.”—Beattie.
were—what the colonel said to disturb Philanthropy.—It is chiefly in
your mind so? * the warm bright period of middle life
^ -*i* if S »»» , that we live for orhers ; like the son,
!! wc W l * , . J whose morning and evening rays pass
Why, he said that if he catched | over ,h,. objects which are illuminated
me there again, he’d coxvhide me till by its m \^ ay beams.
daim hinf!” ° r,neon . *»ck, Always speak with calmness and
| deliberation, especially when they “ —
igating Governor Crawford’s
I relation and conduct to this claim, the
j committee deemed it their duty to re-
I quest Gov. Crawford to appear before
j them and make such statements as
j would enable them to understand his
j connection with the claim, as he should
jthink proper on his own part. He did
appear, and made a statement which he
1 subsequently reduced to writing, and
; also answered inquiries proposed by
the committee. From this statement it
appears that lie became agent or counsel
lor this claim by a power of attorney
executed by Mil ledge Galphin, executor
of Thomas Galphin, who was the son
and executor of George Galphin, the
seventh of February, eighteen hundred
and thirty-three. By agreement with
the party on the 23d of May, 1S33, he
was entitled to receive for his services,
without any other charge to his princi
pal, one half of the whole claim, or of
such part of it as should be realized.—
A supplemental agreement by the par
ties explanatory of the foregoing, was
entered into on the 19th of January,
1S35, by which it was stipulated that
the pecuniary advances ami profession
al services of Gov. Crawford should he
consideration for one half of the nett
profits of the claim, and that all ad
vances to, or contracts made by him
with other persons concerning the claim,
should be deducted from the sum to be
realized from the claim before its divi
sion. Governor Crawford endeavored
to obtain payment of the claim by the
treaty of New Eehota with the Chero
kee Indians, in 1S35. Failing in that,
it was presented to the Legislature of
Georgia in 1837, and continued to be
urged before the Legislature of that
State until 1842.
Gov. Crawford was a member of that
body, avowed his interest in the claim,
and urged in debate its payment, but
declined lo vote upon it. In May, 184S,
he arrived in this city on his way to
the Philadelphia convention, and re
mained about a day; nnd on his return
from Philadelphia he reached this city
in the morning and departed for his res
idence in Georgia that night. He did
not again visit this city until after the
passage of the law, and was absent
from it when the bill passed the Senate
and House of Representatives.
In February, 1S49, he again came to
this city'. In March following, he enter
ed upon the duties of Secretary of War,
and from that lime he took no steps to
prosecute the claim for interest, until
he was urged lo do so by his principal.
As his interest was contingent and se
condary, he did not think lie could re
fuse to have it urged as desired. About
the middle of May, eighteen hundred
and forty-nine he disclosed to the Presi- Leas one-half under interest
dent the condition of the claim, and his ! W. Cra
relation to it; that he had been prose- j
cuting it before Congress, and elsewhere cotn
since 1833; that it had been allowed execute
by Congress, was pending before ihe j
Treasury Department, and he had a
interest in if! He did not slate the chi
racier or amount of the claim, the e:
tent of his interest in it, or the name of
the claimant; nor did kc enter into at
of the details of the claim. The Presi
dent replied that, in his opinion, none of
the pre-existing individual rights of Go
vernor Crawford had been curtailed in of Dr. Galphin,
his acceptance of office. He employed cash
Judge Joseph Bryan to prosecute the In treasury draft, (Nt
claim, and promised hitn three thousand j
The claim was never the subject of
Cabinet deliberation, and it is due to
candor and to truth that the committee
should express their conviction that
nothing has been disclosed by the testi
mony to induce them to believe that the
Secretary of the Treasury, or the At
torney General, was aware, until the
claim was adjudicated, that Governor
Crawford had any agency in it. There
was nothing unusual in the circum
stances attending the adjustment or
payment of the principal or interest of
this claim, nor any departure front the
ordinary course of business in the
Treasury Department.
The report shows that the principal of
the clam, $43,-518,99 was paid in March
1849, ami stales how it was dis[K)sedof,
arid the following statement is append-
Siatemenl of the interest on the Galphin claim.
Interest on $13,518,99, for 73 year* 3 months and
12 days $19,1352 89
Less for Joseph Bryan 3,000 00
94,176 44
$91,176 44
4,708 82
$89,476 62
29,822 54
>1 due Ann Milledge, i
Of Mrs
d, &c
the heirs of T. Galphin 59,645 03
ledge's portion as execu-
to t.er son and a S ent, (in
250 00
y draft, (So. 6925) 29,572 55
executor, &c., i,
6224)
$2^2 55
1,000.00
63,353 90
dollars if lhe claim should he allowed '
and paid. He supervised arid aided in :
preparing Mr. Bryan’s arguments in;
support of tho claim, but denies that!
his interest in it was at any time before
Washington City, March 2, 1850.
(Signed) G. W. CRAWFORD.
Approved: Agent, &c. &c.
The statement of facts contained
A^wife once Viwed her husband, and. said die, trying lo COaX VOU to put your name
or tire back of a note, ” just for form’s
WbQ did not dearly tore her own ttccet trill. Sake.”
the payment of the claim made known j n t h e report was agreed to, by Messrs,
to any officer of the Government who Burt, Breck, Conrad, Gdnnctll, Joseph
was charged with its adjustment, by his \\ r . Jackson, and King, of New Jersey; '
authority, or with his consent. and disagreed to, in part, by Mcssrs.-
On the 8lh day of May, Governor Disney, Featherston and Job Mann.
Crawford addressed a* communication ! The report concludes with the follow-
to the committee, informing them that' ing resolutions:
he desired to state a conversation of 1. Resolved, That the claim of the
i his with the President in March, 1850.; representatives of George Galphin, urns
From this statement it appears that, in not a just demand against tho United
t the latter conversation, the President i States.
, had the impression, from the first con-i 2. Resolved, That the act of Con-
jversation, that the claim was beforegress made it tho duly of the Secretary
, Congress, although, as to this, his memo- j to pay the principal of said claim, and
ry was indistinct, the matter having, it was therefore •* in conformity with
passed from his mind uqtil the claim at- law and precedent.”