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From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
THE POOR MAN’S SONG.
“REMEMBER THE POOR.”
Remember the poor, did yon say I
Indeed I can hardly forget;
I’ve only to feel in mv purse,
And think of my “pockets to let.”
I only to look at my coat,
(How much an old coat edn endure !>
To make me in angui.-h exclaim,
Indeed I remember the poor.
Remember the poor? why of course—
It comes home to my bosom so pat,
Whenever I uncover mv head,
And look at my “ shocking bad hat,”
The rich only come in my dieams,
Like shadows of clouds o’er a moor,
But w hen 1 am looking at home,
I know 1 remember the poor.
Oh yes, 1 remember the poor,
When I go to my comfortless meals;
When a glance at my best pantaloons
A want of whole linen reveals.
And I live in an odorful street.
Where the breeze comes never a wooer,
And when I crawl into my crib,
•’Tis then I remember the poor,
The luxuries linked to ray fate,
Are those which accompany woe ;
Pale poverty treads in my steps,
And follows me wherever I go.
I’m acquainted with sorrows and grief,
And many a pang I endure,
And so sure as I think of myself,
I know I remember the poor.
When with agues I shiver and shake,
In the blasts of the winter air—
When hunger is gnawing and keen,
And at haunches 1 greedily stare :
When the steam from the cookshops calls,
And the fumes from the baker allure.
’Tis then from my innermost soul
I really remember the poor.
Now and then, at odd times, it is.true.
The wealthy come into my mind;
But the poor I always have with me,
To iheir woes I cannot be blind.
The sorrows that sharply pursue,
Are beyond any medical cure,
And when 1 shall drop in the grave,
I’ll be buiied as one of the poor.
AFFECTION— By Miss Landon.
There is in life no blessing like affection,
It sooths, it hallows, elevates, subdues,
And bnngeih down to earth its native Heaven,
li sits beside the cradle patient hours
Whose sole conteniment is to watch and love;
It bendelh o’er the death-bed , and conceals
Its own despair with words of faith and hope.
Lite has naught else that may supply its place ;
Void is ambition, cold is vanity,
And wealth an empty glitter, without Jove.
The Whole Doty of Woman. —By a Pu
pil of Mrs. EUis. —Sincerely, my dear, I am
going to offer you a few words of advice as to
the conduct and behavior most calculated to in
sure your happiness-, and 1 am sure you will
take it kindly of me, considering the experience
I have had, and your early time of life. What
an advantage if*is to be told things, instead ot
having to find them out! I wish I had had some
body to advise me when I was at your age,
Ol course, my dear, between ourselves, al
most every young woman is either married or
intends to be. It is what we have to look to,
poor things! Now, in order to get tnarried, •
my love, you must learn to manage yourself ;
anJ, after you have got married, to manage
your husband; and both together is what i call
the Whole Duty of Woman.
As long as you are single and looking out,
your first study must be to control your incli
nations. AH of us, you know, have our little
failingsjthe great thing is to conceal them.
For instance, dear, suppose you have a hearty
appetite, you should restrain this a little in
company; it is a thing that many gentlemen
(particularly the most susceptible; object to;
and you can indemnify yourself by a nice sup
per in your own room. You will thus, dear,
please the kind of men who make the best hus
bands—those most easily managed. Always
keep down your temper, my dear; never speak
sharply, or look cross, whatever you may feel;
and be cautious, my love, how you talk scandal,
or say spiteful things ot friends behind their
backs: many good catches are lost by little
weaknesses peeping out. If, my dear, you
have any personal blemish, or peculiarity,
whi h you think would prevent a certain person
from likingyou, hide it from him if you can,
and let him find it out after you are married.
If anybody is attached to you, never contra
dict him, dear, but fall in with all his little wish
es and whims, however unreasonable. In sho r t,
devote yourself to him entirely: your turn will
come.
When you are married, my dear, you should
pursue another course altogether. The object
of all husbands is, to put upon their wives as
much as they can, by making perfect slaves of
them, and stinting them in their pleasures and
enjoyments, so as to have the more to lay out
on themselves. You will most likely find your
husband very near. He will be tryingto calcu
late how much you require for housekeeping,
and will want to allow you so much and no
more. At the end of the week or month, he
will ask to look over your account-book, to see
how the money has gone. Now, my dear, you
will find that there are numerous trifling extras
that 3'ou will want, which you would wish him
to know nothing about; little suppers when he
is absent; presents to friends, and a thousand
other odds and ends. You will make these up
by putting a half-penny or a penny a pound
upon the tea or sugar; or by charging so much
for imaginary soap or pearlash. And then,
love, it you find him questioning the price of
this thing, or inquiring about the quantity of
lhaf, you must seem hurt and angry, as if he
zdoubled or mistrusted you; and if he persists in
being inquisitive, you should get into a little
pet with him, slam the door, and run up stairs
crying. And observe, when there is a tiff be
tween you, never come to till he has made
amends, by promising you something that you
want; a bracelet, for instance, ora new bonnet,
or dress.
Your husband will sometimes wish you to
wear a particular sort of cap, or other article or
ornament; if he does, let it be a bargain between
you for some concession or indulgence. He
may not behave himself at all times as you
could wish; in that case, dear, there are plenty
of ways to bring a man to reason. His buttons
may not be sewn on ; his dinner kept waiting ;
pickles or potatoes not provided; and there may
be nothing for him but a cold shoulder when he
expects a hot joint. There are two things, in
conclusion, love, that 1 would strongly impress
upon you. One thing is—never let your hus
band have a latch-key, or he will take advantage
of it to slay out. The other is this—tell nobody
your age; for, recollect, ray dear, that human
life is uncertain. You may become a widow ;
and, in that case, find the disclosure a disadvan
tage.— Punch.
The Sicilian Frigate Urania, Captain Let
den, 57 Hays from St. Helena, 46 guns and 335
men* arrived at New York on Saturday, and
anchored in the North River, off Castle Garden.
She fired a salute, which was answered from
-Governor's Island.
Chronicle onh Sentinel.
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MONDAY MORNING. MAY 5.
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New-York.
A Big Rumor. — The New York Commercial
says: It has been whispered in Wall street this
(Wednesday) morning and yesterday, that the
result of the President’s deliberations with his
Cabinet, on the Oregon question, was a determi
nation to follow the example of the British Go
vernment on the Maine boundary affair, and
send a special Minister to London. Even the
Minister has been named—Mr. Van Buren—
and we have heard also, in this connexion, the
name of another distinguished leader in the
Democratic parly. We have not been able to
trace the rumor to any authentic source, and it
is very possible that it has no other foundation
than the scores of on dits which are always
generated in the precincts of political gossip,
when the minds of men are strongly fastened up
on any public question of importance.
Editor’s Tadle. —“ Veronica, or the Free
Court of Aarau,” and “The Gamblers Wife,”
being Nos, 50 and 51 of Harper’s Library of
select novels; and No. 24 of Harper’s Illumina
ted Bible, have leen laid upon our table by Mr.
S. A. Holmes.
Highest Price.— On Monday last, says the
Lynchburg Virginian, three hogsheads of to
bacco, of the crop of Mr. Wm. F. Wood, of
Campbell, (made on the Old Iron Works plan
tation, about seven miles below Lynchburg,)
were sold at Martin’s warehouse, at (he follow
ing prices: No. 1 brought S3O 25; No. 2, $22
75; and No. 3, sl3, All of them were bought
by Messrs. Maurice Langhorn & Sons, manu
facturers, and are intended for their Southern
customers.
Naval. —The New-York Express of Satur
day says:—“The ship of the-line Columbus,
now lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has
been put in commission to-day, and will sail
about the 25th May, to China, to take out Alex
ander H. Everett, as the Commissioner to
that country.
The Philadelphia U, S. Gazette states that
twoeditions of Capt. Wilkes’s Narrative of the
Exploring Expedition have already been sold,
and that a third is nearly through the press of
the publishers, Messrs. Lea tf* Blanchard , and
in a tew days will be ready to meet the demand?
of those who have not yet been able to procure
copies. In London, where but four volumes
had been issued, it is attracting great attention.
A Thrilling Incident. —The Reverend Dr,
Beecher, in an article he recently furnished for
the Young Reader, tells the following touching
story:
“ A few years since, as the Reverend Joseph
Davis, an excellent Baptist Minister in London,
was walking along one of ihe crowded streeis
of that city, his attention was arrested by the
circumstance that a carriage with several horses
was just about to pass over a little girl who was
’ slowly crossing the road. He strongly felt the
danger of the child, and forgetting his own, he
ran, snatched her up in his arms, and has’ened
wiih her to the side-path, when ihe thought
struck him—what would the parents of this dear
child have felt had she been killed! At this mo
ment he looked in the face ol the little girl,
which had been concealer! from his view by her
bonnet—and imagine, if you can, his feelings,
when he discovered that it was his own daughter!
I saw him about half an hour alter the occur
rence, and I shall never forget his agitation as
he described to me her danger, or his expression
of thankfulness to an infinitely gracious Beme
who thus delivered his beloved child from death.”
A Coquette. —The following definition of a
coquette is given by Frederika Bremer:
The coquette expresses herself by caresses
and bold freedom. She is determined to charm,
cost what it will, and passing over the line of
beauty, defying the good and the appropriate,
she passes into the world ol the senses, and em
ploying only empty ornaments, she loses suc
cessively her power, her charm, the respect of
true men, and her own peace of mind; and
beauty’s holy heaven closes its doors against
here, *
An elevated desire to please may pass into
coquetry; do we not see everywhere in life that
thf> white may become gray,* and the gray con
tinually darker, until the color ot innocence is
quite obscured by the black? Yet is the white
there, and may lie next the black in stainless
purity, just as truth may beam brightly by the
side of the darkest falsehood. There is an in
nocence and lovely desire of pleasing: would
that every woman possessed it, and would des
pise its caricature!
The Concert.
The Orphean Family give their last concert
this evening. A very few words will suffice to
present the claims of these delightful singers to
public favor. Their music is of the most sim
ple, yet touchingly beautiful character, deliver
ed in a style so remarkable for accuracy and
delicacy, that even if improved upon the differ
ence would be noticed only by a nice musical
. ear. Indeed, we doubt whether the concluding
strains of “Home, Sweet Home,” so happily
introduced at the close of their family song,
could be better executed by any Quartette, pro
fessional or otherwise, in this country. Let
those, then, who delight to honor merit when
accompanied by unassuming modesty, who
would listen to songs which, while they appeal
to the heart’s best feelings, are free, perfectly
free from that foolish affectation of sentiment
which is ever ready to drop a tear over the
remains of some “ Old Arm Chair,”
attend at the Masonic Hall this evening.—
And while there, let them reflect that these singers
are but amateurs, possessing few advantages
which do not lie within the control of all of us;
that it requires but a little patience, a little per
severance, to attain a degree of proficiency in
ibis charming accomplishment, which delights
the ear and refines the mind, which produces a
pleasureable, yet healthy excitement, ensuring
no reaction, leaving no sling behind, and while
it adds to the enjoyment of the domestic circle,
is at the same time preparing us to partake, in
a becoming manner, in an important part of the
worship of the House of God. Among the
pieces lobe sung this evening, will be intro
duced, the “Odd Fellows Greeting” and the
“Pilgrim Father*." t
From ike N. O. Bee, %Hk ult.
Later from Mexico.
By the arrival yesterday of the schooner Yu
catana, from Vera Cruz, we have received full
files of papers to the 2lst from that city, and to
the 17th from the city of Mexico.
Gen. Almonte had arrived at Vera Cruz, but
had not gone on to the Capital when the Yucatan
left.
There were at Vera Cruz four American ; two
Spanish; one English and one French men-of
war.
The joint committee of the Mexican Congress
to which had been referred the subject of Texas,
reported at length on the 7 h inst. ‘ The report is
a document marked with the usual characteris
tics of Mexican verbosity, prolixity and bom
bast. it abuses the United Slates in choice
Castilian, and calls us many hard names, com
paring the Government at Washington to an
cient Koine, which in the name of Liberty and
Republicanism, subjugated the world. "After
many biave words about outraged rights, honor,
Mexican courage and the like, the reports con
clude by recommending two projects:
The first is preceded by a preamble declaring
that, whereas, the United States have resolved to
annex the territory of Texas; and, whereas,
such a mode ol appropriating foreign territory
to which other nations lay claim, is a monstrous
innovation upon the peace of the world and the
sovereignly of other powers; and whereas, this
act had long been in preparation, even while the
United States were professing peace and friend
ship for Mexico, and while the latter respected
and observed scrupulously the terms of existing
treaties between the two countries; and whereas,
the said annexation is a violation ol every c~n
servative principle of society, an assault upon
the rights of Mexico, an in. uit to her dignity as
a sovereign nation, and menaces her indepen
dence and political existence, therefore, the Cun
eressofthe Mexican Republic solemnly declare,
that the law of the United States for me annex
ation of Texas to the American Union, in no
respect impairs the rights which Mexico pos
sesses, and will maintain to that department.
Furthermore, that the United States having
disregarded the principles upon which are based
treaties ol amity, commerce and navigation, and
more especially ofboundary, Congress considers
them violated by the United States.
And finally, that the unjust usurpation of
which it ;s sought to make Mexico the victim,
makes it her duty to take up arm- in her defence,
to oppose such usurpation, and with the full and
rightful determination to use all her resources
and power to prevent the annexation decreed by
the tinned States,
The Second consists of four articles, which
are as follows:
First—The Mexican nation calls upon her
sons todefend their national independence,threa
tened by the usurpation of the territory of Tex
as, which is sought to be consummated by a de
cree passed by Congress and sanctioned by the
President of the United States.
Second —Therefore the Government will con
sider itself at liberty ( podra poner) to call forth
ns entire permanent and active military force,
agreeably to the authority given to it by exist
ing laws.
Third—For the preservation of public order,
and the maintenance of her institutions, and if
necessary, as a reserve for the army, the Gov
ernment, in virtue of the power granted to it on
the Bth of December, 1844, may levy the troops
to which said decree refers, under the name of
defenders of independence and the laws;
Fourth—With a view to the efficient main
tenance of the rights of the republic, me Gov
ernment is authorized to procure all extraordi
nary resources which may be deemed necessa
ry, making known to Congress the necessary
steps to be taken, conformably to the constitu
tion.
[Signed] Flores y Teran, Ladron de Gue
vara. Ginoti, F. del Castillo, Solana, Espinosa,
Tornel.
journals are still excessively bel
licoes, and from what we can perceive, there is
a very strong indisposition on the part of the
Government to surrender Texas. Still, though
Mexico may bluster, and even declare vvar--it
will be mere cnild’s play. She is utterly desti
tute of resources—without a dollar in her trea
sury—with a disaffected and discontented popu
lation ripe for another revolution—and a disor
derly soldiery ill paid, ill fed and ill clad, who
have already, we are credibly informed, at Mon
terey and elsewhere, exhibited strong symptoms
of mutiny. We publish, therefore, the above
pugnacious manifesto, rather as a part ot the
history of the times, than because we appre
hend any thing very serious from its high sound
ing phraseology. The only way in which
Mexico can annoy us, is by crippling our com
merce in the Gulf, and for this, it behooves our
Government to be preparea.
Another Earthquake. —Our readers doubtless
rememberthe details we published a lew days
since of a frightfully destructive earthquake
which was experienced at Mexico on the 7th
inst. We have now to add a repetition ol this
awful disaster in the Capital on the 10ih inst.
Our examination ot the papers has failed to
enable us to discover many details of the
amount o( ruin and. desolation occasioned by
this convulsion, but from the fact that the jour
nals unite in describing its effects as terrific,
we presume the destruction must have be n
great. The Diarw of the 11th states that the
earthquake occurred about JO o’clock, A. M.,
and lasted forty seconds; that it overthrew man}'
new buildings and many others that had escaped
the former visitation ; that most of the inhabi
tants, stricken with terror, left their houses and
took refuge in theopen fieldsand public squares,
passing the night without shelter and in the ut
most consternation. The “ Veracruzano” of
the 14th states that private letters furnish
a gloomy picture of the desolation that has
fallen upon Mexico, The the
12th states that the earthquake of com
pleted the destruction of the cupola of Santa
Teresa, and increased the damage done to the
churches ofSanto Domingo, and San Francisco.
But for the shortness of its duration, the entire
city would have been laid in ruins. Mexico
did not suffer alone. The shock was felt in a
numberof towns and villages within a radius
of several hundred miles. At Puebla the
earthquake was experienced on the 7th, about
4 o’clock, P. M , but its effects were compara
tively slight. Several churches were injured,
and many private edifices were greatly damaged;
though none were absolutely destroyed.
At Acuartillo and Toluca the effects of the
shock were more considerable. At Guadala
jara, Morelia and Vera Cruz, the earthquake
was experienced both on the 7th and the 10th,
but on neither occasion, was the injury very
serious.
We perceive that the agency for the payment
of the Mexican debt in Great Britain has been
taken from the house of Lizardi in London, and
transferred to Schneider & Co. The Diez XIX
applauds the ad, declaringthal Messrs. Lazardi
sacrificed the interest and credit of Mexico to
their avarice and spirit of speculation, and
considers their removal an act of justice and
propriety.
What with the earthquake and Texas, the
people and the press appear to have forgotten
the very existence of Santa Ana. We do not
see his name in any of the journals before us.
On the 9th inst. at Mexico a most unnatural
quarrel took place between a father and a son.
They attacked each other with knives, and mu
tually receiving many wounds, both fell and
shortly expired.
American Ingenuity most Vigorous in Ad-
VERSiTY.—In Mr. Ellsworth’s report, it is stated
that the branches of the arts which have been in
a prosperous condition during the past two
years—cotton manufactures, for example—have
received a smaller number of contributors from
inventors than those which have been in a de
pressed state. Thus it wmuld seem, trui}', that
American character always exhibits its most
brilliant qualities, its greatest energy and vigor, i
in adversity. Improvements in other countries ,
keep pace with the general state of things; they i
rise with prosperity, and sink with adversity; i
whilst here it is the converse of the proposition. <
There, they seem to be the effects of prosperity;
the causes. So closely has this been
observed, that, without any other source ot in
formation, the condition of the various branches
of industry could be ascertained from the ar
chives of the patent office. One ot the free trade
paperssays, “the moment government interferes
to feed and fatten any particular class of citizens,
that class forthwith depend on government tor
success, and renounce their own ingenuity and
energy. Protection is, then, it seems, as fatal
lo energy, to enterprise, skill and invention, as
it is to economy and equality,”
The reporter of the Boston Post, after giving
the result of the trial of a very pretty girl for
dealing in bad bank bills, and who was pronounc
ed guilty > indulges in the following philosophical
remarks :
“ By this trial the law has been sustained, but
not without some evil effacts to a portion of the
community. The grand jury should never in
dict a very pretty girl if they can possibly help
it, for when such a prisoner is on trial, the irre
sistible desire to be present keeps a great many
very respectable men, far advanced in years,
away from their business or families.
Twice this very term has the fact that a de
sirable looking woman has been on trial, spoil
ed the dinner of several very valuable silver
haired and bald-headed citizens. Sympathy tor
beauty in distress is one of the strongest feel
ings that can move the manly bosom, and seems
to increase with age. But we have never known
it to burn so warm as to induce any of ihese an
cients to offer to become bail for a beauty, alter
the foreman has made to the clerk the fearful re
sponse—‘Guilty.’”
Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph.—
tI A Note of Preparation .”—lt affords us much
pleasure to inlorm our patrons and the public
that ten miles of prepared wiie, for our Tele
graph, is already wending its way to this port,
on board the good ship Rolla, which sailed from
New York on the 13th April. As soon as it ar
rives the important work will be commenced.
At present we are busily engaged in trying
, to make arrangements, by which the whole pub
lic will share equally in the advantages of this
undertaking, and it will not be our lault it we
do not succeed; it is our most anxious desire
to divest it ot everything like an exclusive char
acter, and lo make its giant powers of equal
benefit and utility to all.
During the early part of July we hope to be
able to open a communication with the Bay St.
Louis and Pass Christian, and before the sum
mer is quite over, allow the sujournersat Biloxi
and Pascagoula io taste of its utility. By this
means the merchant, enjoying the cool and in
vigorating sea air, can at any moment iearn
from his man of business here the state of trade.
The lawyer can hold converse with his client—
even the phj'sician can at a distance of 100 miles
examine the symptoms of and prescribe for his
patient—v hile the more fortunate unacclimated,
who can afford to absent himself from our city
during the season of disease and death, can ob
tain, each moment, information from the sick
couch of his less happy fellow adventurer.—
These are a few of the advantages which we
design placing within the reach ot the citizens
of New Orleans. To accomplish this, and
much, much more, is now the sole object of our
care and exertions; with such purposes as these
in view, the public need not doubt our ultimate
success.— N. O. Crescent City.
The Oregon Question.— When an heir to a
property attempts to forestall the results of time
and kills his relation to gain an immediate pos
session, an indignant community stamps its
burning brand unto his folly and crime. Our
haste in reference to Oreg ;n may have jess guilt
in it, but not less folly. We run the hazards ol
war, and all the miseries which war brings with
it, to get immediate possession of that which
time must inevitably make ours.
Nine or ten Americans to one Englishman are
now settling there; when, therefore, the popula
tion of that countrv shall reach fifty thousand
forty-five thousand will be Americans; when it
shall reach a hundred thousand, ninety thousand
will be Americans. Now, does any man in his
sober senses believe that these ninety thousand
are going to take their notions of civil freedom
and of civil government from the remaining ten
thousand 7 Does any man believe that these
ninety thousand will forget their lineage, lose
their sympathy with republican institutions, and
sweat allegiance to the British Crown7 There
is just about as much danger that the people of
Maine or Vermont will go over to Great Britain
as that the people of Oregon will. It. is a slan
der on their intelligence and love ot freedom to
predict such a result.
All, therefore, that we have to do, in order to
come into secure possession of Oregon, is to let
her alone. Time will make her ours, without
any fighting either with goose-quills or guns.
She is bound to us by the great laws ot affinity
and sympathy, laws which can be defeated only
bv rashness and folly. She will come into our
arms just as natural!)' and inevitably as vapors
rising up from the sea, floating off to distant
mountains, and there becoming condensed into
show ers, return in exulting streams to their pa
rent ocean. But suppose worst comes to worst,
and we hav.e to fight for Oregon; even in that
event the longer we put off the conflict the better
for us. With ninety thousand Americans there
and ten thousand English, or one hundred and
eighty ’housand Americans and twenty thou
sand English, who can doubt what the issue
would be! We can see reasons why England
should wish to push this matter to an issue now,
but none whv America should, unless it be that
Hotspur-ambition which overleaps itself and
falls on the other side. —North American.
Confession of a Murderer. —lt will be
remembered that we some time since announced
the arrest of a man named Dean, at Lancaster,
Pa., for the murder of Mr. Edwards, atChilli
cothe, Ohio, and that he was subsequently con
veyed to that place. It appears from the Lan
caster Intelligencer, that he has made a full
confession, implicating as his associate in the
ctime, a man named Maxon. The murder of
Mr. Edwards, was one of the most atrocious
in the records of the State, and was perpetrated
while the offenders were engaged in the com
mission of an act ot burglary. By the laws ol
Ohio, all persons found guilty of the crime of
murder in the first degree, are punished with
death. It is said that Dean is sensible of his
fate, and perfectly resigned toil. His spirits are
lively, and he looks forward to the doom which
is inevitably before him, with an indifference
which is truly appalling. The only thought
which appears to ruffle his feelings, is that ot
having as his associate, his fellow prisoner,
Maxon, upon whom, it is said, he heaps in
discriminate curses.
Ellsworth the Pedestrian, yesterdav after
noon at 20 minutes to 5 o’clock, commenced bis
arduous feat ol walking 1,000 miles in 1,000
successive hours, over the Eclipse Course at
Carrollton. He performed his first mile in 9
minutes and 30 seconds. At 5 o’clock, he com
menced his second mile, which he completed in
10 minutes and 40 seconds. Ellsworth appears
in fine health and spirits, and is perfectly san- :
guine of winning the match. The knowing 1
ones, however, are betting odds of five to four. 1
against him: We shall for the information of 1
those at home and abroad who feel an interest in
the result, publish a list of each day’s perform- !
ance.— N. O. Bee , April 28 Ih. \
Lieutenant Fremont is now at St. Louis, or- 1
ganizing an exploring company of young ’men 1
to form an expedition to the waters of the Pacific. 1
He desires none but young men of intelligence (
and good character. The expedition will last '
for three years, and its operations probably ex- 1
tend from the Black Hills to the Western Ocean
and from California to the northern limits of c
Oregon. Those who have a taste for danger I
and bold, daring adventure may now have a €
chance. c
The Modern Jews.
The last number of the North American Re
view gives a very interesting sketch of the pre
sent situation of the “chosen people,” still a
host, though but a remnant. From various
causes it is difficult lo ascertain their numbers,
but they cannot be estimated below six or seven
millions. “Os the two and a hall tribes, Judah
and Benjamin, and half Manasseh,” quotes the
North American from Judge Noah, “ the num
ber in every part of the world may be computed
as exceeding six millions. Ot the missing
nine and a halt tribes, part ol which are in
Turkey, China, Hindustan, Persia, and on this
continent, it is impossible to ascertain the nu
merical force.”
“ No estimate can be formed of the number
of Jews residing in Roman Catholic coun*ries,
particularly in Spain and Portugal, who con
ceal their religion under a Christian garb; pro
bably there are several hundred thousands of
them. The numbers given for Asia and Afri
ca certainly fall short of the truth. They are
powerful in Persia and the countries upon the
Indian Ocean, in China, and on the borders of
Tartary, Black Jews are found in Abyssinia,
Ethiopia and Hindostan. They have a con
gregation in Calcutta, and are quite numerous
on the coast of Malabar, where they speak ol
brethren residing in Northern India, Tartary
and China.”
Their position in the East is well known to
every reader. Though possessed of some real
power, they are not so of any degree of honor
or security, and are the mark of insult alike to
Turk, Moor and Christian, But the following
story of barbarity practised against them so lit
tle while ago, and tounded upon the old super
stition as to their making human sacrifices,
was new lo us, and may be so toothers.
“ The accounts received four years ago, of
grievous cruellies practised upon the Jews at
Damascus and Rhodes, though they excited, es
pecially in Great Britain, unusual sympathy,
exhibited instances of suffering by no means ex
traordinary. In 1823, all the Jews ol Damas
cus suspected of the crime ot having wealth,
were thrown into prison, and redeemed their
lives only by an enormous payment. In Feb
ruary, 1840, Father Taomaso, a priest, who
practised medicine, disappeared, as well as his
servant. Certain Turks and Greeks affirmed,
that both had been seen in the Jewish quarter
the evening before. A Jewish barber was at
once seized, carried before the Pacha, and exa
mined under the most dreadful tortures. For a
while he protested utter ignorance, but at length,
in the extremity ol his suffering, at the sugges
tion of some Greeks standing by, he denounced
the seven wealthiest men in the city, declaring
that they had promised him 800 piastres, if he
would sacrifice the priest, so that they might have
his blood for the unleavened bread ; which he had
refused to do. The Pacha, in a great rage,
sent for the seven Jews, and subjected them,
notwithstanding their protestations of innocence,
to the bastinado, and other extreme cruellies,
keeping them on their feet fifty hours, without
food or sleep. He then sent for the three chief
rabbis, and put them lo the totture, requiring
them to say if they used blood for the paschal
bread. Os course they denied the charge.
The Pacha (hen sent to the college of children,
pul all the inmates in prison, loaded them with
chains, forbade their parents to visit them, and
fed them on a small allowance of bread and wa
ter, in hopes of thus extorting from the parents
a confession,
“A Jew who ventured to expostulate with
the Pacha, and to represent the absurdity ol
such an accusation and such proceedings, was
at once beaten to death. The Pacha then caus
ed the houses of the accused lo be razed to their
foundations, and finding no trace ol the two per
sons who had disappeared, he threw the prison
ers into a prison beneath the palace. No long
er able to endure such torments, they admitted
the truth of the charge. One ol them said the
blood had been put in a bottle and committed
to another of their number; this one, however,
denied all knowledge of it, until a thousand
strokes with rods compelled him to say he had
put the bottle in a certain closet. Ot course, it
could not be found; but in the closet was a
large sum of gold, which the Jew had vainly
hoped would save him. Meantime, an astrolo
ger declared he had discovered by his art that
the accused were the murderers ol the priest,
and five others, whom he named, of the servant.
Three of the latter fled before they could be ap
prehended. Some of the others embraced Is
lam ism and were released. The Ftench consul
at Damascus was accused of being one of the
chief instigators of these persecutions; but
other representatives oldiff'erent European pow
ers interfered, and the Jews of London sent a
commission to remonstrate with the Sultan.
Mehemet Ali soon issued orders forbidding fur
ther persecution until the mailer could be fairly
investigated ; and when released from the Icar
of torture, those who had confessed letracted
their admission, the barber declaringthal they
had threatened to torture him to death unless he
confessed, and had promised him satiety if be
would denounce the murderers.
“In the island of Rhodes, about the same time,
the Christians accused the Jews of sacrificing a
child ten years old. Here, again, certain Eu
ropean consuls were said to have been the in
stigators. Witnesses were found to affirm that
a Greek child had been seen following a Jew
on the public highway. The Jew was arrested,
thrown into chains, and bastinadoed ; his nos
trils were pierced with iron, heated stones pla
ced on his head, and a heavy weight on his
heart. His persecutors endeavored to induce
him to denounce the chief rabbi; and, at last,
he accused several Jews, though not the rabbi!
As many of these as could be found were seiz
ed, and subjected to similar tortures, under
which seven persons suffered until almost de
prived oflile. The accused, or some of them,
were afterwards taken to Constantinople for tri
al, and their innocence fully established; and
the Jewish commission irora London, with
others who interested themselves fur the perse
cuted people, succeeded in obtaining a firman,
dated November 6th, 1840, putting an end to
these cruelties both at Damascus and the island
of Rhodes, and declaring that the lews should
be protected, and should enjoy the same rights
as other nations dependent on the Porte. =
“ These accumulated statements of cruelties
practiced upon the Jews, especially in Moham
medan countries, if taken by themselves, womd
undoubtedly give an exaggerated idea of their
sufferings. It must be recollected, that vast
numbers of them are too poor in reality, and
many others too poor in appearance, to tempt
cupidity; that tffeir oppressors treat them with ,
some degree of leniency, as they do the brutes
subjected to their service, from motives of self- -
interest, that the rulers often protect them from i
the malice of the people, in order that their own (
revenues may not suffer; that the natural feel
ings of humanity, quite extinct in no human
breast, unnerve the arm of persecution; and
that the necessary influence and ready artifices *
of a race pre-eminently shrewd and intelligent J
save them from many imminent perils ” ° ’ ]
In this country, France, Holland and parts of
Germany, their freedom is almost complete
and few privileges are denied them, except by
private prejudice. Napoleon gave an impulse
in the true direction here, as on so many other
subjects. In England, their position casts a
strange blur on her pompous advocacy of the
cause of human freedom. But it is not the only *
one. In Italy, Spain and Portugal, thev are *
scarcely tolerated. ' s
This touching mention is made of a circum- r
stance spoken of by the author ot ‘Eothen’ with
such low and barbarous saggasm :
“The dead buried in the Holy Land are ex- f
pected to be the first to rise in the Messiah’s day;
and so strong has been the desire of burial there,
that, in the seventeenth century, large quantities b
of Jewish bones were yearly sent thither to be a
interred., Ship loads of this melancholy freight .
might often be seen at Joppa.”
There are excellent accounts of the situation
of the Jews in Germany, of an old-lashioned t ]
Rabbinical education, and of the influence ex- j
ertedby Mendelssohn on the culture and growth
pf his nation; for there is now culture and
growth among them. The girdle which so
lightly repressed the vital energies of the nation
is broken, and proportions of the Jewish man
are expanding and approximating to the modern
European standard. Nay, more ! the Jew who
is thoroughly ‘emancipated,’ inclines to join or
even to head the extreme radical parly, which
it is to be wished may even earn the name, so
readily arrogated by each innovator, of Relorm
party, A movement party is, to be sure, ne
cessarily a relorm party, but has no right to as
sume so noble a name, unless its leaders, at
least, ifnoi the parly in general, are intelligent
or prophetic ol the principles which must ani
mate the next development of organic lile.
How lo b: a Connoisseur. —S posin’ it’s pictures
that’s on the carpet, wait till you hear the name
01 the painter. II it’s Rubens, or any o’ them
:>ld boys, praise, for it’s agin the law to doubt
them ; but il it’s a new man, and the company
ain’t most especial judges, criticise. A leetle
out ol keeping, says you 5 he don’t use his greys
enough, nor glaze down well; that shadder
wants depth; general effect is good, though
parts ain’t; those eyebrows are heavy enough
for stucco, says you ; and other unmeaning
terms like these. It will pass, I tell you—your
opinion will be thought great. Them that judg
ed the Cartoons at Westtninister-hall knew
plaguey little more nor that. But it this is a
portrait of the lady of the house hangin’ up, or
it’s at all like enough to make it out,stop—gaze
on it—walk back—close your fingers like a spy
glass, and look through ’em amazed like—en
chanted—chained to the spot. Then utter, un
conscious-like, “That’s a most beautiful pic
tur’, by heavens' that’s a speakin’ portrait. It’s
.veil painted, too; but whoever the artist is, he
is an unprincipled mao.” “ Good gracious !”
she’ll say, “how so7 “Cause, Madam, he has
not done you justice.” —Sam Slick.
The largest tree known in Mexico, and the
one on which De Caudolle made his’estimate
0/ the age of this continent is a cypress, (Taxo
dium distichum) and is 118 feet in circumfer
ence.
The celebrated chesnut on Mount /Etna is
163 leet in circumference, but is evidently com
posed of five trunks.
From the St. Louis Reveille.
Sophy and the “ Fellers.”
Every body knows that the West is a great
place for getting married in, and it is pleasant
to know that the lair ones are just as satisfied
with their condition afterwards. We don’t
know who “Clarinda” is, or how or where her
letter first became public, but here it is:
Hollenbecks Grove , Illinois , 1800 <f> 44.
Df.au Clarinda : — I got here two weeks ago,
and here 1 certainly shall end my days. Mr,
Garrison that came out with me left me at She
kigo, and I was glad on it, for 1 never did see a
feller slick to a gal as he did to me, and it warn’t
for nothin’ nether—but he didn’ talk of marry
ing me, hut was just hangin’ round me, but 1
told him to keep his distance—that’s the way to
use such fellers. I’ve a notion hees in a fix
with a gal down in Kalmuck—any how, J
wouldn’t look at him now, for I’ve had five
fellers to spark me since I cum here and another
wants to cum, but I give him the bags. One of
my sparks has got three quarter seeshuns and
hous, is six fool tall, and lour yoke oxen, and is
a widdorer, and wants to marry me next week,
but I shall wait a little and see if i can do enny
better, lor between us, widdowers are so queer,
and talk right up so, they alwis frilen me—but
howsumever I spose they don’t mean more than
uther men. This country is verry large and so
is men and the piarys they say is' rollin’ but 1
don’t see but they are as still as any other plase.
Meeting is scarse here and wheat don’t letch but
2 and C—hay and potatoes they almost give away,
and sich lots ofchildren—the unfeelm’ mothers
feed their babys on pork and potatoes on account
of milk sickness in this country, a pirtV way
to grow babys I guess you’ll think.
Now you must come out, I know you’ll make
your fortin here. Jim says there’s only one gal
on the hill of big prayry, with golden hair like
yourn, and got an offer every day in the
week alter she got here. Now she’s got a hus
band, anise hous and farm and a pair of twins.
You can’t help likin’ the country - tell amy if
she’ll come here she won’t have to keep a wish
ing and a lucking for the fellers as we use to in
Wesitrook—out there theyr rite aner you be
fore you thii.k of it. Tell mother 1 hope she’ll
come to see me as soon as I get to house keep
in’and if she thinks on it she may bring them
little red sock* in the till of ray chest. When
vou come be shure and go with the steamboat
Cheespeck, Captin Dilsy, at Bufferlow-he*is
the nicest man on the water, was so good to us
all. 1 almost love him it he is a marryed man.
Give my love to Jane, and ask her how she and
Bill gits on, and if hees popped the question yet.
She may have him for all me—l can do better.
I can pick my I i lei ns among the fellers here.
Nobody cant help likin this country. No more
from your lovin Cusin till deth.
“ How long did Adam remain in Paradise
before he sinned?” said an amiable spouse to
her loving husband. “ Till he got a wife,” an
swered the husband calmly.
Rancid Butter. —To make rancid butter sweet
heat two pounds or it in a sufficient quantity of
water, into which drop 30 drops of chloride of
lime, and alter washing it well, let it stand about
two hours in the water, drain it off, and wash it
again in fresh water, and it will be fresh and
sweet. This is a French recipe—safe and sim
ple.
THE annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Augusta Library Society
will be held at the Library room THIN DAY, at
4 o’clock, P. M. A full attendance is requested,
as business of importance concerning the future
operations of the (Society will be considered.
By order of the chairman of the Board of Di
rectors. myo C. GATLIN, Secretary.
rrr ICE CREAMS.—T. Tobin re
spoetfully reminds his friends and the pnblic,
that they can be supplied with ICE CREAMS •
daily, from 3 fiil 10 o’clock P. M. mvs
>. ? GIMEKTAL ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS lOthRF.GT. G. M., >
Augusta, May sth, 1845. $
IN pursuance of orders received of
Brigadier General George W. Summers, the Re
giment wili be assembled on its parade ground,
in front ot the City Hall, on Tuesday, the 13th
day of May next, at 8§ o’clock A. M., for re
view and inspection by the Major General.
The commissioned and non-commissioned of
ficers of the Regiment will assemble at the same
place on Monday, the 12th May next, at 4 o’clock,
P. M., tor drill and instruction.
By order of Col. STOVALL.
mvs-2t3 I. THOMPSON, Adj’t. 10th Regt.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEX
TION.
THE duly appointed Delegates
to the Southern Baptist Convention, to be held
in this city, commencing on the Bth of May next,
are requested to report themselves upon their ar
rival, to a Committee who will be in waiting at
the Lecture Room of the Baptist Church, to de
oignafe the lodgings which have been provided
for them.
The Delegates are informed that, through the li
oerality of the Directors of the Georgia Rail Road
md of the South Carolina Rail Road Companies,
they will be charged but one half of the custom
try rates of fare on these roads when attending
he Convention. In order to avail themselves of
his kindness, it will be expected that they pro
ince certificates of their appointment.
W. T. BRANTLT,
ap26-d&w*Mß Pastor of Baptist Church •