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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Vol. n.
CatlYbert, Georgia, THURSBAY, May 531, 1868.
isTo. 29.
Ci)t Cutljlmt Appeal.
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■ ng.— ■ I " —
The Devil’* Visit to Washington-
The Devil Ml on h!« mlpbur throne,
And heard with a bitter grin.
Ue|WH» from tho planet he .leeme,l bU ora,
A« bia black aula brought them in.
‘riM- Foil inn scare In Great UriUin pleased,
His cynical temper well;
And thv news fr«» llrar.U und rumgtteV,
From Until. Peru and (Mail Hay
Not lorgctting the lata Chlmve affVay,
Rather ttekted the king of Util.
but when hi* scouts of this "Happy Und*’
Delivered their dark report.
The lh-tnon waved in the ainohe hi* band,
And gave a Uiumpl ont snort.
'‘This newt," be yelled, "w the bust I*v« beatd
filncc sin on earth began ;
The woak I favor goes Iwavely on.
The Model Republic’ la dead and gone.
And Ute potters that goveht at Washington
iiaVc adopted my puteut pldn.’’
Then turning to Vobich Ilia Parka*** said,
• lm off lot* tho Ten Milt* ftpitra ;
Rule tlion.old t*oy, in thy inastrf'a MotlQ,
While 1 set to IhuIiim Uktv.
The Waekuntoor carrier*, one and all,
Applauded their Chief 'ike mail l
Bo be changed his shape, ti^lhe il, til Call,
And up lo earth on n Hr Ftrenk yin,
lu outwani seeming a (’engrevatuan,
Or the lovely genius Rati.
Of course bis Ulacknesa wns well received.
By his troop of special ftiemla.
Who laid before him the plans conceived,
To Comps* their private code.
Tlisd. Btcvena, Bunnu-r. and old Ucn. Wade,
N.d Stanton and Butler l<si ;
They told him of dodges, plola nml achcttic*,
Atrocious IteyuAd hi* foulest dream*,
I'ntil he eve tainted "For me it naenta
Them is nothing on earth todo, - ’
Bo he turned on bis heel and went hit way,
A sadder, a wh r sprite,
Olsvrrlng : - A lesson I've lanrned lo-day,
Tlial has changed my purpow unite.
I aii-aiii to haw hud lhi*u fellows' souls,
\t h n from earthly teuuls set free :
1'iit I now peeler they should go It alone.
In a separate private hell of tlrn'rown,
For I swear by my bsn», and toll and throne,
Ihey'r* a tittle loo much for me.”
Dtlcc.'ITtl.
A Conjugal Mcrnpc.
Oh, tho meanness tif men and the fol
ly of liusbMiid* ! I loro in n i'urimun .sto
ry to allow how poorly n man cornua off
in any contest with womankind. The
other day a Parisian and Ida wife went
to Brussels. The first thought of the
ludy wan naturally to viiit all ihe shops,
nnd especially those renowned for Inco.
She met with some marvelous bargain*
tin n mutter of course, gave a glowing
account of them to her hunhand, and
proposed to lake a qnanlity of the laco
home with her, smuggled ut.der her
dress. The huehnnd, like a hushand,
resisted. It would be i.iour.ing t<*
f jTetit a risk, he aultl VcheMontly j the
uee would ho found and uoiifuculcd ; ho
would not consent to the arrunpim *nt.
Thu Indy ugreed thutsho ►!»' it'd, liko f.
gm-d wife, go without the luce. And
so the pair started for Paris, monnitur
will pleased that ho avoided thin Uuw
extravagant*. At the frontier they
were met us usual with lit* d.inand,
‘Anything to declare i’ They said, 'No ’
It was enough, und they wore allowed
to pirns without further trouble. Now
hero begins to show itself ilia hilly of
men. The ludy gave her luishand a
look, und tin; luishand began to foresee
Hhe billot reproaches of his t.unler spouse
It wits evident that she might have pass
ed the lace w ithout danger She would
certainly t iko her vengeance for the
l, a* of the coveted pril l m n good lec
ture. To avoid this In rmr, it becume
necessary to convince tliu wife that there
really wus danger. She must be search
ed. Monsieur whispers to one of the
Customs' officers that ho imagines the
Judy at his side has somo'luce hidden
uhout her person. Blio wan immedi
ately taken aside, und in a few minute!
the oIbcur of Customs returned, his face
beaming with satisfaction, to inform tho
gentleman, witli a profusion of thank•»,
that his sup|»osition was well founded.
Tho ludy hud at least ton thousand francs
worth of laco hidden among the folds
of her dress — Ont** ll’eek.
Com ron Hoc Cuolrra — Mr. E
Walker, of Milton, North Carolins, com
municutes tlie following to the Mury
land Farmer :
I write to send a cure for the hog
cholera that I know to be good, and a
certain cure, as fur ns 1 have tried it.—
Not to trespass on your space, I will give
it it* a few words. When tho ling is
first found to havo the cholera throw it
on its back ; put u piece of tor, ubout
the size of a hickory nut, on the end of
a stick ; put it dow n it throat; be sure
it is swallowed. 1 liavo tried it
good many and cured every one. One
in particular was so far gone as to have
lost ons of hie legs. I lost a great many
before this was tried. 1 clipped their
ears end tail, but think that should b«
left off, ae it only weakens. All bogs
that look droopy are beoefitted by tar.
Home recommend rolling corn in tar,
but I don’t think the hnge swallow
enough in that way to be bunefitted.
Nursery Doctor: Well, nurse,
how go the patients? Nur*c; Oh, pret
ty well, sir; there’s eleven dead ! Doc
tor: Eleven ! only ehven? Why, I
left medicine for twelve, i os, sir, 1
know; but one was so refractory be
wouldn’t take his'n.
The Emperor Napoleon makes a
note of everything ho wishes to remem
ber, in his memorandum book. As soon
ss he has filled up a page of it he tears
it out, reads it over, and then he tears il
to pieces. lie soys he never forgets
anything noted down and read over in
this manner.
t*C On the2o7h of October, 1814,
George Peabody, then a resident of New-
buryport, gave in his taxuble property
os ‘one poll and $200.’
covered with flowered red calico, flowers
of paper and stars of gilt pupen When
I entered in (he morning to see tho
corpse, tho father mot me at tho door
with a traitor, glass mid bottle of gin,
and soon he rejoined other musicians,
who continued to play several lively
pieces. Tho burial i ns is Usunl here,
took place at nighti The whole town
tUrttuil out in one grand parade and ju
bilee—discharging sky rockets, fire
crackers, &c. I nbver witnessed such
n scone, nml mu wholly unable to de
scribe it or my feelings. Those who
die between childhood and old Wgo at
tract but little attention in burial. The
aged, or suints, as termed, arc fbllowod
to tho £luVe With solemn, silent step.—
None die without a display of fireworks.
This little child wns covered with dirt
by scratching with the hands, all strug
gling to Bet) w ho would throw in first
and must, They say the little ones are
bettor off, and consequently they rejoice.
Tho parents together with the proces
sion, returned to the cabildo or court
house, where all joined in “wine, song
und dunce" until day next morning.—
The graveyard is very smull for a place
of ;hls sise, und one so long known in
history. It is surrounded by u low
wall of mud and stone, and frequently
in digging a gruvo, you disinter the
bones of another) which mo thrown in
on the other.
The Boil of this Valley is a dark loam,
which is nothing more than decomposed
granite, or debris of the aunOumlHig
mountains, mixed with decayed WgUttt
ble (natter, for all past time- It is from
tWo to twelve feet deep, and produces
front two to three ortipB annually, its vn.
lied us the commerce of tho world.-*-
The soil 1ms a gruvel'y clay suhstHltutn
The vegetation of tho Torrid, Temper
ate mid Fl ighl Zones grow side by side.
Sugar cane and coffee, corn and cot
ton, potato und cabbage) orange nhd
pine apple, lemon and grii|H> f mango
and sapotu, Ac., &<•, grow side by side,
neglected by the hand ol mnn, all yield
ing immense crops, while Virginia und
Havana uro equaled, if not surpassed,
in tobuceo. These alone speak for the
soil «nd climate. Tho corn is planted
with u sharp stick, making a small hole
in the ground, into which is dropped
from four to six grains—thus it grows
with no cultivation, excopt cutting the
weeds once with n machete, n long Unilb
about two and a half foot long and two
or three inches broad—and yields from
fifteen t • fifty bushels per acre. I liuve
... , seen several small fi>'lds now in r«ting
ing* aru cool uud hr .wing, m.d in the J ear, planted in Jammy, which is ns
evening u fine Ptifl breeze. Even from thick as il can well stand and will yield
11 to 2, it is delightful in tin* shade, or [ abundantly. Tho oldest colonist plan
in a house. I have been w (irking near-; t d entto-, si mu of which wus eaten
ly every day since I reached here, and two or three times l>y the worms and
have tiled every hour of the day. 1 tiftdrw'irds put forth beautifully. Stum
huVu hml one chill, but urn entirely, well, of this eotiou is now blooming and muk
and weigh 16ft pounds. Home of the ing fruit, while ut the same time it inis
ls»ys have had severul el Ills, hut eon | now open on it from one hundred pounds
firmed to work und eat. Tlie water is ■ to uno-huff a bale per acre. It is from
pure nnd dear ns u crystal. Thu towns, five to twelve feet high, und has a dis
Letter From Iloudtiiasi
S.* x Dkdro, UircRud ok HonouraS,
March 29, 1808.
Dr. G. G. JhfH, 1%'on 8frings, AU :
We reached this ph.ee six weeks ago,
after a rough trip aud much de'uy. We
have loouted our lands, and buon rd
busy preparing for u crop that we have
hud no trine to visit tire different parts
of the country. Mr. Mathews of your
pluce, who returns for his family, can
giro you ft fuller necount ol the interior
und, too, one from his own observation.
Near Luke Yoj a is said to bo a desir
able country, possessing the advantage
of growing wheal from 30 to 60 bushels
per acre, nnd the climate is su'd to be
desirable ; while the lake abounds in
tteh, nnd every species of water fowl in
ubundunce. The health of this valley
is as good as any country in tho world.
I never hom'd of so little sickness as
here. There is very little fatality with
the native Biuk ness, and only three of the
colony have died since lust April, tlie
date of Bret landing—two of whom were
ulil persons, who contracted their dis-
eases Ifl the Stales, and the other was
an iuf.ittt: Nearly ull at e *ick a little in
becoming iicclllltut?d| and have chills
and fever, or intermit tei't luV«Jr of a mild I
form. All are imprudent, when sick or
well, ami oat too much ol the numerous
fruits with which this country abound*,
or expose themselves during the Warm
part of tho day—from 11 to 1 or 2
o'clock. Medicine bus n charming i fleet
upon tho nystom, nnd disease yields read
ily to its unification. The natives are
very much ufruid of cholera and < tlief
diseases being brought to tlie country.
\N bile tho cholera was raging in Brit
ish Honduras, they placed out guards
through this country and "kept them
up” until recently, which put us to a
little trouble <if getting u permit, und
raised Um price of provisions. The
remedies, lor diseases wlth b are com-,
tnon with the country, are readily found
liy the natives, and well understood by
them. They havo no educated physi
ciuii* among them and patrniiixe our
American physicians when necessary.—
The sursupurillu nnd tnnny other mod'
uinul roots vein the earth, while tlie fo
rest abounds in almost every medicinal
plant. Cayenne nnd African bird-eye
pepper, together with ether plants fame
liar to von, ure very common here. In
short, I nm sutiflted ti nt men ol science
could find many valuable tncdydnnl
plants never yet tested by man.
The climate is s duluio is,—the morn
ir cities, nro uminlly built on n stream
and this stionni divided and sub-divided
into many shallow ones, which CoItVey
the water thro' the stm ts, thus supply
ing the inhabitant* nnd bentlng oft all
the filth. The water Is UHiiiilly taken
up in the morning, in largo Jars, or urn*
made of a porous clay, through w hich it
uvuporutcH, making it cooler mid ns good
ns any water 1 ever drank. The nights
are pleasant, nnd I find a pair of Won
kotn very comfortable. The uiglits nro
decidedly refreshing and the mornings
resemble our spring mornings in the
StnteH ; yet, on rising from slumber you
arc accompuiued svivb no drowey seusa-
lion.
Tho hou«os are covortnl with manse
cn, which is the stem uud leaf of the
Gaboon palm tree ; the walls are made
of upright timbers, split usudlly of ce
dar, crossed at right angles, or hoiiwni-
tally with the native cone, on the insido
and outside, nnd daubed with mud.—
Tho cauc nnd Irnme worth of tlie roof
tanee <1 nine foot and lapping in the mid
die of the row. Cotton has been rniced
but little in this country; but many
years by the Priest, who says ho never
had any worms in III* ooltoh before.—
The cotton is fine, and 1 think will class
strict middling in the New- Oi leans mar
ket, Yet both cotton and coin seetn to
have degenerated from want of culture
In this (onnoethm I may add mat it
was ui/ortunnte that tho colony run wild
on cotton, They neglected corn and
other bt’eudsiuftV, nnd oufficqitently, with
increased emigration come scarcity nficJ
increase in price of provisions Homo
expended their money in raising cotton,
and are unable to lurm now, Hence,
they are dissatisfied, and return to the
States w ith tho most unfavorable re
ports of tho country. And others Inn
ded here in debt to parties who paid
their way ; they, too, are in a bad fix.
Home went in debt to tho natives—some
few le t without fooling their bills,—*
Those classes are mostly men who nev
are tied mi with fciAaoi- v'mea or root., ! « farmed, and have no practical idea of
(my idea of what the natives cu!l them,)! farming. They expected to come here
or tie tie vines, called by the colonist— ; nnd pick up a fortune without work, und
They use no pins or nulls, except about have been sadly disaptminted. In short
the doors or w indows. These houtes, ] this is no country for louf.-rs und idlers
I think, are the most comfortable for I to make a fortune ; yet there is no coun
this country, especially when well fin- try beneath the sun where u man can
ished as some ure. Home few nro cov-1 live ho cheap ns here I have had some
ered with ft burnt clsf tile, which is vegetables, watermelons, &c., which I
about one-third ol a cylinder six inches um suthfied will grow here any s usoii
in diameter and twelve inches In length | ol the year. The forest is full of voge-
—tlie first covering with the concave tubles, fruits, &c., trees bearing gourds,
side up, and tho points covered with tho vegetables, &c. It is impossible to give
convex up, thus making a pleusunt and you an accurate or detailed account of
good roof. Lime cun bo burned almost j tho different little things of this country,
anywhere on the mountain aide, und I have aecn aix, and am told there are
some of the colony are preparing it for sixteen, different species of the parrot;
very dry then ; then there is plenty of
raid, ana hi ltd in good condition to cul
tivate; besides large fat oxen, ublo to
draw tho heaviest plows.
The hogs and cattle are fine, rthd
rained on a largo sculo in tho interior.
Pork is retailed here at OJc. per pound)
nnd bcuf at 3c ; The hogs nro falttHlfid
for market at 12 months old, ami one
that will nut 160 lbs. can bo bought at
#5 in this market aud much cheaper In
tho interior. This plttbe is on theftfitte
for Omoa, lrotn thu atbefc ttoUtUtyi ami i
least hiy eyes on the drovee of mngnifi-
c'jnt hogs und cuttle, as they pass along
to that point for shipment to Uoliro nnd
Dthor markets.
Hifie is raised here in abundance, nnd
is wtiHli 8 cents per pound. Cottue ift
raised successfully, but I am surprised
to see so littlo of it growing, nnd bring
ing from 12o, to 18o. per pound. Su
gar, or dnlce, which is the native sugnr
not dripped, is worth 2o. per pound. It
is very muon like the itlaplu sugar, und
I utn told is sometimes sold id tlie Uni
ted States for maple sugar. It is very
rare I oat anything sweet, but Und dulcc
very palatable.
Thu liuilroml known ns tlie Honduras
Railroad, will in my opinion bo a suc
cess, und on it principally depends the
future Riiccess of ibis country. It will
run from Port Onbalioa, on tho Gulf of
Mexico, touching the principal towns
nnd cities of the ReptthMC) to the Utty
ol Fonseca, on tho I’ucifK-. The ntttney
Ih loaned to this Government by a
French ahd English Company, and ah
ready live millions have been paid to
(lie Government agent with which to
commence work—the balance to bo paid
ns thu work d< inands. Tho stouk is nil
takoli, and is worth a premium of 4 per
cent. Tho work will commence on this
end of the road at Port (Jubnllos, about
80 miles distant from Son Pedro. Home
uf the engineer* passed here a few days
since) while Olliers return with fuvorntde
reports, to make necessary arr&HgUltibnta
to commence work. The rtiuto lifts
been surveyed twice, nnd from thu
ubovu information! together with tlie luV
el valley through Which it passos, 1
think we may safely expect to hour the
whistlu of iiviliz.itiou within twelve
months. The colony and natives of in
telligence eoem to he satisfied in thoir
minds ns to thu Roud. lu looking at
tho relative position of tho different
countries of the globe, especially of
America, yon will tondily perceive tho
great advantage of such o connection.
It opuna the grandest highway of tl'uvel
in the world, aud dovclopca one of the
richest nnd prettiest countries on tho
hah.table gl->be. It connects China,
Australia, the South I’acil’n Llunds,
Western Mexico, California, Oregon
nnd Hritish Pot-sessions, with Liverpool,
Now Yorki Havre, etc. It will he an
estopper on every other connection be
tween the Atlimtio and Pacific oceans,
especially the Panama Ituilrnad, which
is loo lur Houtli for u direct lino of trav
el, and pm ses through a country infect
ed with dcudlji dir eases; owned by
Now Grenada, and rnudo a bono of con
tention. We are looking forward to an
increase of emigration, and an increase
in tho price of lands. With the Rail-
roud uud emigi'utiun, will coino ull of
tho improvements in machinery, farm-,
lag etc.) and a market for our products.
With a railroad, and thu naturiil rouse-
quo ness whiuli T- liovv, those who coinu
first and act Judiciously uro destined to
make money,
The colonists ure building on ii beau-
tlftil level plain adjoining Han Pedro-**-
the town of Medina, mimed Iti honor of
tho President of Ihe RopuhliCi Already
twenty four houses are being built, a
council elected, etc. Tho water which
will supply the town will be conducted
In smtill streams from tho mountain, and
tho contract is let out for that purpose,
Home are building on thoir farms ; yet
all the lauds ure convenient to Medina.
The Goveiumont of the Republic is
republican in form. The laws are few
and simple. Murder,afson nndlrtreeny
are punished with great severity. Mur-
dof Is rarely eVcr heard of; petit lurce-
ny in not common; grand larceny
scarcely ever heard of, while burglary
nm! other crimes common in the Htiitos
are absolutely unknown hefo. Yon oan
travel uuywhere in perfect security,—
Thu natives ure a quiet, simple, inoffim-
finishing houses and carrying ou a tan
yard.
The acknowledged religion i* Cutho
not less than a dozen different bread-
stuff* ; and quite a number of species of
the honey bee, yet none mako so much
lie. If I bo juilao, I would hiiv they li"iK-y w> in the SthtM, Ood bite bleee
h*vo tm religion. The cuetonw uf that «l m> country eu bountifully u» tlite, end
Church arc not carried out here, yet tho I Ht *** 'f 8 aro^ ^less^thankful, oiid
faith is thu same. It looks like a mock “
ery even upon that Church to see the
stupidity cooDccted with tho religious
performance of this people. I attended
the burial of a little native girl, a child
—or, os the natives culled her, "u little
angel.” It wus a corpse early In the
morning, on Suturduy, beautifully and,
I may say, rather fantastically dressed
in gayest colors or muslin and wreathes
and Coquets of flowers, w ith a red rose
in its mouth ; a tree of flowers, "the
treo of lile," iu its right hand, and a
tree of crosses and flow ers io its left —
All ol this was partially surrounded by
a frame work, covered with red calico
and lighted with burning candles sur
rounding the dead child. The coffin
was aho decorated must fantastically,
more indolent; ami fie sleeping, or iu
idleness, as the young nestling await*
tho return of it* parent bird to throw
some food in it* mouth. Of course, I
cunnot give as lull or correct an ucaount
us one who bus been here for a year or
longer; but I can give but one reason
why this lurid will not yield more abun
dantly from cultivation. Tho continu
ous hot sun nnd breeze would dry up
the Hoil, kill the surrounding vugotutioii,
und leave the roots or surrounding soil
still exposed to the sun ; and to support
this, God has adapted ull of his works
the one to the other, and we find small
ponies and mules unable to pull a plow,
especially during the dry Heason. But
this argument will not do, as thu dry
season only lusts two months, nnd not
feront rays nnd hues from the many
trees of flowers, nnd vines, which corn-
[ ilotely cover thorn. In short, thu poet,
Utilitbi, and love sick flvVitlll fcUn feast
iis eyes all day lotlg illltl not become
wont'y. The nighlft; tdo, are beautiful:
IHo itlbon nnd fltnifl seem lnrgcr nnd
fiHgntor. The ntlimftla nro numerous,
nnd almost overy kind known to mnn.—
I find, from my own knowledge, some
anittlnlk hero not given to this country
by historians. The tapir, or mountain
cow, ns sometimes very improper’y call
ed, is very oommon, yot difficult to see,
or onsnuro. One nt Barnum's, in New
York, would he worth a fortuno. Mon
keys and baboons are tlumBt-ctia, etiiil
Jrou cannot go through tho woods with
out being greetdd With their chattering
and their whitk fltcbs. I had some cu
riosity to kill hue) which I did soon af
ter I arrived here ; but will not kill an
other. As soon as I shot, the menkey
fell to tho ground with his hands to bis
wounds and giving the most dif-tressiHg
shrieks. 1 felt IIko t had committed
murder) ns the aniftlnl exhibited so much
of tho human being. Deer, tiger, and
tigor-ent, and many othors too numerous
to mention, nro in abundance. We
caught two ant enters yesterday, which
I w ish you ha I, ns I consider them a
great curiosity, aud know they would
bo in Union Springs. Birds of every
sir.o nnd hue nbouiid here—ttlttftt rttre
und bountiful. Macaws nnd parrotn are
vel'J ph'tty, and ns common as tho bluo
jay in the StstcD-
One of tho grandest objections to this
country hi the insects. MostjuiIni'S Slid
glints ure very bud this season of tho
year, on tho livers; hut soon disappear,
and do not trouble yon when tlie land is
open. The Spanish language may con
vey snino idea of tho amount of ticksj of
sinail size—1 utn oeftnih tlid tWtlalt Is
totally without sufficient descrmtiVcsj
but they art) rapidly disappenfilig, ana
only hist ItVo months In the yoar.—
Thesdj as mentioned, arc the greatest
pests of tho kind. Bunkos are very few,
and so far t huvo seen but few, and
those ofo Hot Vldlotts, of ftolsohotls: The
bon-cohstfictof lives herd ill tho Itldtltt*
tnihSj but hot considered dnngeroUfl by
tho ntttiVcs. There is voiy little money
in circulation hero. Home of these na
tives havo a plonty of monoy, but buried
nr " laid up." They seem not to know
bow to invest it profitably.
There Is a good opotdKg hero lbr Cap
italists, and many articles of mertthan-
diso which would pay to export For
instance, you can buy cignra at $2.60
por thousand, which are wortli $7 or $8
por thousand In the United States, and
to pay the export nod import duty u
liuudsomo profit can bo realized But
suppose you smuggle them through ns
fruits, you percoive tlie immense profit.
Homo time sinoo there wbh a little dis
crepancy existing between Major Mai-
oohn, tho agent of emigration, and the
Sub-Governor of this circle, as to who
hud tho right to grant titles to lands.
This proved only a misunderstanding;
besides, it wnR decided by the Supreme
Court in iuvor of Malcolm, nnd now the
most amicublu relations exist between
the colony and municipality.
You would pfobably like to know
what I nm doing, also ollit'i' fotitl/f men
from thu Springs. Well, I have taken
my grim! of lund two miles sod a half
from Him Pedro, on the bunk of u henu
tilul streum—tho batiks are high enough
to prevent any overflow { the land is
mostly eahnnn-jmlm, with sntno redflf,
mahogany, thu dorey tree, (a Very large
true for " uug out* 1 ’), and others, and as
,1)110 uh over thu eye of matt fested upon
Foster und 1 huvo rented twelve flerC!
of land, and expect two crops of corn
nnd bean* and one ol tobacco by next
May, We have worked cloverly our
selves, and hired some natives, prepar
ing the lands for cultivation. We have
iilantud a little corn which is np, This
is what is called tho dty sdftson, nnd we
aro waiting tttltll the lust of April, the
time fur planting tha first orop of cord.
Tobuceo is a fine crop here, and gives n
yield of 1,000 pounds per acre. Indigo,
iRid everything else that I have seen
growing, seems to yiuld abundantly, and
a profitable crop. Six of H ua boya "
have rented a house, and mesa together
at an expense of 8 cents each per day.
We have pork, beef, plantains, corn
bread, rice, sugar und coffee, und occa-
.five people Tho authorities und peo- ,| , '"T ./7 m’ , „ rtr „
pi, u. wiU, oul.tr,ti.liedurmH. I" 1 ™"' X ' r “ V '
* .... . ... «t .. 1 agunt notion in his bead und will have
The people of this (3ula) Valley are P;T , r . ,, , prin
l.idiun, SpiinUh ,nd Lgn, mil J-tlr, ■ °'. d . b .f. 00 "'^
in.i..in I., ... ..ii, U p. , Home of the boys
• i - i | Dome oi mo boys Tiuve had chilis, and
lm ' u " “;.' mo ‘, nd S P; nl “ h ? *l„o the foyer io on then, th.y wbh fur
predominating J Imui from tho mUirl- L,m. kind hand i» r»b or bntho thoir
or nro rnootly Spnmrh ond oomo puro ,, j b hot rnmn homo oiokno™
Cart ihnriR, who aro porfectly wiatr, nnd djMpptt| ^ ^ U ok „ f,,| D0 „ 8g ai„.
Of course we cannot always weur a
smile, sepnruted so far from ull that is
noar und dear to us. We are living in
expectation of a fino crop and the rail-
Women’s Feet nnd Shoes In
Chinn.
The noeeptsd-type of Chinese beauty
has been greatly exaggerated and al
most caricatured in tho grotesque pic
tures got up nt Cunt© for foreign inur
kets. Many Chinese fcoltiMt bltVo the
complexion nnd all the chahrtlB hf Crbole
women, a eiini tiling little hund, fineUbth,
magnificent blauk liair, long,alight, flexi
ble wuists. Their ejed slightly ascend
ing toward tlib tUliijilt'B; give the coun-
tunuhes H pUbtlllrtHty far frortl displeas-
ing. Ttlero Ora two groilt llrdthhobko,
the lavish use of paint, itHiUh Sbon des
troy* that beauty) nhd especially the lit
tle font) so ridiculous and repulsive to
H*
This barbarious custom, much less
oommon at Pekin than iu the southern
provinces, wn* strongly opposed by the
Manclioo emperors, who isausd several
severe edict# against this mod ol nratii-
tttldtli
The Tartar and Chinese ladies com
posing tbo court of tho empresses, aa
well a* the Indies oi the numerouH func
tionaries residing at the capital (preserve
their feet in their natural stnte, but such
is the power of fashion that many adopt
the stage shoe, rendering walking almost
aa difficult. A heol tinder thb sole of
tho foot forces them td tVnlk'on tiptoe.
The women of the poorer classes*
obliged to leave thoir feet in their natu
ral form so as to help thoir husbands
work, iiho these shoes on holidays, so as
to be fashinnubly uncomfortable.
Tho crippling or the foot among Chi
nese women is of very high antiquity.—
It is fifolchdfed that an empress born
with n club foot imposed tho custom on
the ladies of her court, from which it
spread through the empire. Joalousy
in tho men, indolence and vanity in tho
womonjgnvoit general adeeptance. A
small foot sIiowb wealth nnd ease.
A OliinsBo girl of good family would
feel herself dishonored, if her parents,
hud not crippled her in childhood! Her
chnnoe of ninrriage, too, would be slim,
for a foot only two or three Iftbhea fOrig
Is the ifresitibio charm sting by all the
poetfl of the laud.
An soott an a gift attains tlbf sixth
year, her mother compresses her feet in
oiled bandages. The big toe is bent
under the other four, which are then
bent under the sole of tho foot. These
bandages are tightened tttortf ttttd more
every ftiontb, afrd thus by tho tiroo Bhe
comes Of age hef foot has assumed the
form of a fist doubled up. This unnatu
ral process often entnils grave Conse
quence* by interrupting the circulation
und produoing ulcers not oasily cured.
This gives rise to a class of chiropodists,
old women, who are the great confi
dants, newsmongers and matchmakers.
Women thus crippled walk by hop.
with arms outstrutobed like a
lining pole. Yet by force of habit
girls will play a kind of foot battledore
all day, or dance, assuming the most
difficult postures.
Anvicx to Our Aovertisino Friends.
—An adveitisemeol is not always val
uable in proportion to the spuco it oc
cupies.
A short advertisement four times is
better than a long one once. "Brag is
a good deg, but Hold-fast is a butter.”
A prominent advertisement onco or
twice will bo effetJtlVS) if followed up
by ii steady card giving your bUsIttess
and address.
llon’t lake dowtl Jmur sign Id dull
time*. People rend newspapers all
times of tho yeur.
If your business admits of it, several
Hmall udVottiSemufttS, With your name
repeated every time, will uvuil inure
tiiun the sumo collected with your name
in only once.
Don’t fear to have a small advertise
ment by the side of a larger competing
one. The big one can’t oat it Up.
Small advertisements aud plenty of
them, is a good rule. We Were all ba
bies once) yet wo mado considerable
noise.
Don’t advertise unless you have some
thing worth advertising.
The easiest way in the world to throw
away money is to advertise injuriously,
Tho easiest way in the world to ac
cumulate a fortune is to advortise judi
ciously.
A double column once a year is not
so good as a square fifty-two times a
year. A furious shower does not souk
in so Well as a steady rain. The high
e*t ptaisti Artemus Ward had for George
Washington was that he "never sloped
men of intelligence and wealth.
You cun hire labor here at 87J cents
pur day. The laborers work about nine
hour* pur day. This i* u plenty for tho
best bunds and more than rnuiiy of them
eurn. #
This valley in almost entirely sur
rounded by riionntuins on three sides.—
if 1 recollect rightly, they ure a contin
uation of tlie Andes ol Boulh America,
Rocky of the United States, and Cordil
lera of Mexico, whicli aro about 7,000
feet above tho level of the sea. The
valley is 75 by 00 miles long, nnd about
1500 or 2,000 foot above the level ol the
sou. Bun 1'edro i* built at tho buse of
thu mountains^ or head of the valley.—
Hero wo have the most beautiful scene
ry— n. t ling that is extremely grand, or
Huhlime; but pic nily beau iful. I
frequently watch tho selling sun, fts its
long, lingering rays seem with M-gret to
leave this bcautifnl vulley, and cling
along the mountain side, reflecting dif
road, hood. If both, we are ull “ 0 K.”
We Imvit had not a lino or nowspaper
from the State* since we left; but sev
eral rupoit* or rumor* of wur—of Con
servatism mid Rudioalism arrayed in
doudly hostility—of conscription taking
plnco, and the wur almoti actually begun.
To this 1 give no credit; but atill it is a
matter of speculation with us. We uro
willing to return and fight for a single
right, if it can bo pointed out in the Uni
te I Hlutos. Here we huvo no wars, or
tumors of wars. Every one lives iu
peace and does pretty much as lie
pleuses—no taxation, and no iufernul
revenue stamps—haveu't seen one since
1 have been here.
J.vo. A. Ketones.
19r The Searcy (Arkaaias) Record
cays :
Boms of aa good land as there is in
White county sold for ode add ona-llitfd
to two und three fourths cents per acre;
in aorne coses very fair improvments
were on the land. Sheriff’s title takes
precedence over all others, hence the
sccm lty of that part. Uud we a sound
government, iu the hands of men who,
had u direct interest iu the welfare of
our State, this would not huvo been the
case.
tarA housemaid who was sent to call a
gontlciouu to dinner, found him engaged
in using a tooth brush, " Well, is be
coming 7” said the lady of the house, us
the servant returned. u Yes, ma’uin, di
rectly,” was the reply, " bo’s jiat sharp
ening bis teeth.”
•^Tuere is a Gaelic proverb ‘If the
beat roan’s fault* were written on bis
, forehead, it would make him pull Lb
bat over his eyes.’
Severity of Discipline.
Frederick tho Great wns one of tho
most rigid disciplinarians that ever com
manded an nrtny ; and although ho was
not deficient in humanity, yet in order
to preservo stfict subordination in his
army, he sometimes acted with a degree
of severity that would appear crml in
others. When he wns once | orsttadea
tlf wllat he Coubeived to he the ni c Idtjr
of any meaftilfe, afitf liitd formed hm
plan, he stifled ?ft his sntfl '.•♦ery emotion
of tenderneaa #hich might ibUffofe If!
its execution.
Of this seveHty, the following are twer
striking instattces f
A e-jfhfftoh aoldiM nt thtf battnlliOh Of
guards tt’ufl 8h fSmflisf tftth tHo king
that he had tho liberty bt Gfllering tiifl
chamber without being announced. 116'
often used this liberty in usking moOet
ot Frederick, which he generally sptftre
in tho alehouse. Whenover the king
refused what he asked for, saying he
had no mohey, tho soldier would reply :
' Frit*, look info tlif ldrtth&f burs*)
and thou wilt there find stfme few dboaU
remaining.’
Tho soldier beiffg 0nft day off gilafd,
had o dlBptitb with htl* offictff ttfld pre
sented his bnyonefj as if be Ifttfcfidea t(f
stab him. The officer caused him to til!
arrested, and the matter was reported
to tho kiffg, tofco' offered him to be
tried fur the offense. Tho counoil of
war condemned him to die, add the 0eft*
tence being brought to the king, he
signed it WHhOUt Saying a word. Ev
ery one silpposed ho ttbtttd receive the
king's rnorcy, and tho criminal was
himsolf so much convinced of it, that he
made do preparations for death; ana
oven to thu very moment of Ids execu
tion, he nupposod that they rfrennt only
to puuish him by fo«n ttowfftbr/ he
wns deceived; ttfld eJflctited.
In the first war of Bifeshr, trre kifig
being deeirouB of making, in tho night
time, somo alterations in his camp, or
dered that, under pain of death, neither
fire nor candle should bo burning in the
tents after ti ceftuiu hour, fie went
rotfnd the chmp himself, to see that his
orders frefe obeyed j and, tts he pulSod
by Captain Ziotern’a tent, he petceited
a light. He entered, and found the Cap
tain, sealing a letter, which ho had jt»«t
finished, to bis wife, whom he tenderly
loved- . ..
tYlfal ate yott tfoltig Ihcfo r said
the king. ' Do you not kuow th« Ar
dors ?’
Zietern threw himself at hht feet, and
begged for mercy, but he neither coald
ttor attempted to’ deny Me fa eft.
(he kiitg lo liir
'aflij
Bit dotfnf,’ Said the feing (o him,'
add a few words I shall dictate.’
The officor obeyed, and the king dic
tated f
f To-morrow 1 shall fit:Huh on a scaf
fold.’
Zlctorn wfuto it; and bo was oxeortted
the next day.
Thk Ramie Plant.—-The Ramie plant
in exciting considerable interest ii. Lou
isiana. Originally a native of Jots, ft
was introduced into Mexico* Somo dozed
yoars ago,and m 18D6fnto f/ofilfffnna, and
ia now aucceSsffltly tftfltfvttted though
aot to a groat extent os yot. Ah exarfl-
ination of the fibre shows it to be as fine
as cotton, and tbe cloth made of it re*
sembles the better qualities of Hh(;fl.=*
Various cloths of Chflftt, /fttffafl tfftrf JaVtt
are made of aft adfflilttffe of the Ramie
with other substances. Bcorsuuker ft
one of the species of Ramie cloth. It
can be plantod in any season of the year
and curt be cut two or three times « sett*
son. The young pbififi resemble II
blackberry bush. A machine has been
Invented for cleansing this textile, tbe
previous want of which had retarded He
progress in nnblio favor; and ft iscluitff-
ed that the fibre can be made ready fof
market withifl l#<rtltt fouf hours nftaf
the stalks are cut. Taking it nltogsth'
er, and considering the ease v*fth which
it catf bo propagated, and the fact that it
does not nefcd fttplaflfifig, its extended
culture moy bo expectedr-*-W. Limit
Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Nelson’s Alarm.—Mr. Nelson)
tbe counsel fur the President, tf as mw
easy ia regard to Butler ae Senator
Sumnof is ; but Ms uneaainesa is of an*
other sort. Sumner smells gunpowder)
but Nelson has his thoughts on spoons.
Sunmer sees the fierce and bloody-min*
ded Butler leading up hie bowdef eWp
to tbe great ooncuseiou attd aate to (rim*
self, "What will this man notao ?" Nel
son scos Butler as the hero of Now Or
leans ; ho hears injured honsekeeneM
crying out for missing silver on Butler’*
departure, anj ho muses, "Whet will
this man not tako aud keep ?” Tbttt
the figure of Dittler< os conjured ttp in
the mind of Nelson, is quite dissimilar
from that conjured up in the timid soul
(if Bunrmer ; and Nelson, in refusing to
trust his "utiginal papers” in Butler’*
bauds without calling public notice to
the circumstance, proves that he best
understands the boro of all tbe battles of
the wsf.—New York• JledalJ.
__ Few persons are aware (says *
correspondent of tlie Pull Mall Gazette) 1
that General McClellan, whom PraeW
dent Johnson has designated us Minis'
ter from the United States to this conn:
try, ia of Bcotoh descent, aud that bia
father was oontrift-gcrinafi to the late
I/rrd Clyde, M)hs Alicia Campbell, the
sister of that gallant field-marshal, bar*
Ing died Intestate in December, 1863,
General McClellan proved himself to be
her nearest of kin, and as heir to Mies
Campbell he will n coive that portion of
the Banda and Kiiwee prizo money
which Lord Clyde left to bis lister,