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|f ING to had health for several years past, I have
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Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Ya., 1
May 7th, 18C0. I
Mr. Editor :
Remaining over here for two or three
days on my way from the Charleston Con
vention, I have concluded to drop you a
line or two, in regard to the Metropolis of
the old Commonwealth. I do so the more
cheerfully, knowing that many of your
readers Were emigrants from this region,
and still cherish attachments tor the good
old B>tate. J irst, then, I will observe that
Richmond is a most prosperous and rapid
ly growing City. Evidences of the fact
are everywhere apparent. Having become
the centre of a vast Rail road system, and
having by a Canal obviated the obstruc
tions to the navigation of James River by
the falls extending six or seven miles above
the City, new life and vigor have been giv
en to all branches of trade, and those who
have not been here in twenty years would
be almost entirely lost. The importing
business is already large, and I am assured,
that the Merchants are preparing for, and
intend, that it shall be much larger this
Spring and ever after. From what I have
seen in Charleston, and this City, and what
I know in regard to Baltimore, I cannot
believe that Southern Merchants are com
pelled to go to New York for their goods.
The population is now, about fifty thou
sand, and I will say that it is a most beau
tiful, pleasant and profitable City, and
can present many charming attractions
both old and new. Though a total stran
ger here, I have found gentlemen, business
men ready to show me anything I desired
to see, and that without solicitation, and
I have profited myself by their courtesy. —
This morning I visited Capitol square and
was compelled to blush for Capitol square
in Milledgeville. The grounds are beauti
fully laid off into walks, finely ornament
ed with shade trees, with here and there a
fountain ; while the rich heels of cloverand
grass are refreshing to the sight. Here
may he seen crowds of people, eld and
young, night and day, retiring fr in tlie
dust and heated business of the City, loun
ging on the benches or luxuriating in the
pleasant breezes, or feasting their eyes on
delightful views. In this, the only park
of the Richmonditcs as yet improved, con
victs of the Penitentiary are constantly at
work. The chief ornament of the square
is the bronze equestrian statue of Wash
ington on the west side of the Capitol.—
This is indeed an vel work, w<'r*hy of
Virginia and fills d.e !> holder w; h admi
i ration. On the pedest.d beneath the great
: hero, are bronze stain sos Patrhd: if nry,
: Macon and Jefferson, L.ree other , .ces re
maining to be filled. {South of this is the
statue of Henry Clay, vrry lately > iacted,
hut as yet unb. xed, tl. ‘ t (destal not being
finished. The Capitol is by no means a
I magnificent building, but is quite pretty
‘ and of Grecian arrhdet turo, and its sur
l roundings are beautiful. The Execution
j Mansion, the Custom House, and various
{ eh gant church edifices fact* i: on opposite
i squares. It stands on the brow of JShock
i hoc hill, and from the window of the Suite
i library, which is the uppermost room, is
hud a most delightful view of a portion ot
tin* City, and of James River, from the
! Falls to some distance below, spanned by
its various Rail-road bridges. On enter
ing the C,:piU>l, there is a Hall about for
ty feet square, in the centre of which is the
celebrated statue of Washington by Hou
don. lam not a judge of such things, but
think this is by no means equal to the stat
ue of Calhoun in the City llall. of Charles
ton. In the walls of this Hall are eight
niches, only one of them as yet being oc
cupied by a Bust of LaFayette. The Sen
ate chamber is very diminutive, I should
! say not much more than one fourth as
large as that of Georgia, while the House
| of Delegates a much more handsome room,
is of the same proportionate size. In the
building of these rooms a future increase
of the Legislature seems not to have been
| contemplated, and I reckon, is not now
I thought of. In the library room, is the
splendid Banner, presented last fall, by
Pennsylvania, inscribed “The Union For
i ever,” the first topographical model of Vir
ginia, and the original “declaration of
rights” by Virginia in 1776.
There are about forty churches in the
City of the various denominations.
Yesterday being Sabbath, out of them
all, I first selected the first African Church,
to which I should go, and I will say, that
the hour and a half I spent there, will ever
be reverted to as one of the happiest of my
life. The church, at the corner of College
and Broad streets, is in the shape of the
letter F, with galleries all around, and is
ot great capacitjx I suppose there were
present eight hundred or a thousand col
ored friends, with a considerable number
of whites. They have an educated choir,
composed of thirty negroes and mulattoes,
who occupy the front gallery, each one
having his hymn and notebook before him.
And let me say to you now, my southern
| friends, if you have any soul for music, and
| desire, for once in your life,, to he lifted
I high up into the etherial regions, come to
; Richmond and hear this choir sing “Vital
spark” and other songs. It is my opinion
you would be fully paid, it you should see
nor hear any thing else. I have heard ihe
choirs of the Epiocopalians and I reshvtc
rians. and of the Roman Catholics, “ho
make the best church music ever neaul in
this country ; nay, I have heard the wond
renowned Scguin, and his celebrated opei
atic troup, in the “Bohemian girl,” and I
feel prepared to say, that not one, nor all
combined, can make an approach to the
illimitable music of these sable sons and
1 THE UNION OF THE STATES;—DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.”
THOMASTON, GEORGIA. SATim’Y MORNING, MAY 19, WiO.
daughters of Africa. A more intellectual
music may be made, but a music sweeping
the soul with all its affections irresistibly
onward, cannot be made by any other peo
ple, because no other people have the voice,
or the requisite emotional nature. The
time has come, when no one will be recog
nized, as having seen Richmond unless he
has attended the First African church*
I have found it to be true here, in
Charleston, aud other places, that the
blacks out-dress the white people.
At this meeting, broad-cloth, satins and
silks, gold watches, bracelets and breast
pins were the rule. But the best part of
this meeting was the strongly marked re
ligious fervor which pervaded it. The ex
hortations, prayers and songs were all ear
nest and full of the spirit. There was not
a white man’s, nor a white lady’s eye un
dimmed by tears, while among the blacks,
there was a universal out-beaming of heav
enly rapture.
It t-here was at that meeting a poor
backslidden Christian, who did not fi*el
himself abased, that he might he exalted ;
or a luke-warm professor, who did not
have “his spiritual strength renewed,” on
hearing their rendering of the old Camp
meeting song.
“I want to join in the army of my Lord,
I’m bound to die in the army,”
with other songs of that nature, I should
regard such a man as being in a most de
plorable and forlorn condition.
And yet Mr. Editor, sad thought !
These are the people, for whom old John
Brown was hung, and for whom others are
desiring martyrdom. While thinking of
these things, in the midst of this meeting,
never did I in my life, feel so completely
resigned to lay down my life in behalf of
the negro. For it is against tlie negro that
the abolitionists are at war ; for what is
the mere property interest of the white
man, compared with that unutterable doom,
which awaits the poor negro, in case the
abolitionists succeed in their designs ? For
him there is no alternative but complete
annihilation or a return to the barbaric
gloom, of his original ancestors.
But, Mr. Editor, I am trespassing too
much upon your patience. There are a
great many things about Richmond, its
fine edifices, institutions, its Hotels, man
ufactories, its good beef, mutton and fish
that I would like to write you about. Al
so, I would like to say a word or two
about politics, but being a democrat, I have
nothing to encourage you or ihe majority
of your readers. X.
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Sublimity and Variety of the Bi
ble. —The true reason why some literary
men disbelieve the Bible, is the one given
by Dr. Johnson —“because they are igno
rant oi’ its contents.” And the same may
be the reason why so many readers fail
even to read this “book divine.” Mrs. El
lis, in her “Poetry of Life,” has well said :
“With our established ideas of beauty,
grace, pathos and sublimity, either concen
trated in r.he minutest p< int, or extended
to the widest range we can derive from the
scriptures a fund of gratification not to he
found in any other memorial of the past
or present time. From the worm that
grovels in the dust to the track of the le
viathan in the foaming deep—from the
moth that corrupts the secret treasure to
the eagle that soars above the clouds—
from the wild beasts of the desert, to the
land) within the shepherds fold—from the
consuming locusts, to the call]'* on a thou
sand hills—from the rose of Sharon, to the
cedar of Lebanon —from the dear crystal
stream, gushing from the. flinty rock, to
the wide waters of the deluge—from the
barren waste to the fruitful vineyard, and
the land flowing with milk arid honey—
from the lonely path of the wanderer, to
the gathering of a mighty multitude—
from the tear that falls in secret, to the
din of battle and the shout of a triumphant
host—from the cottage to the throne—
from the mourner clad in sackcloth, to the
prince in his purple robes—from the gnaw
ing of the worm that dieth not, to the se
raphic vision of the blessed—from the still
small voice to the thunders of Omnipo
tence —from the depth of hell to the re
gions of eternal glory—there is no degree
of beauty or deformity, no tendency to
good or evil, no shade of darkness or gleam
of light, that does not come within the
cognizance of the Holy Scriptures ; and
therefore there is no expression or concep
tion of the mind that may not here find a
corresponding picture ; no thirst for excel
lence that may not meet with its full sup
ply ; and no condition of humanity exclu
ded from the unlimited scope of adaption
aud sympathy comprehended in the lan
guage and spirit of the Bible. ’
“A Mis’able Xiggeil” —My friend ask
ed Anthony Rox. a superb engine driver
on the Ohio river, how he came to get free.
“Why, Massa Vincent, my health was ber
ry bad when I was in Kentucky ; I couldn’t
do no kind ob work ; I was berry feeble ;
’twas jes as much as I could do to hoe my
own garden and eat de sass ; and de mis
sus what owned me see dat I was a tnis'a
ble nigger. So 1 said to her, “Missus,
I’m a mis'ahle nigger, ami I ain’t worth
nothin,’ and l tiuk you'd better sell me.
“Now Massa Vincent, I was such a poor
nigger, that Missus ’greed to sell me for a
hundred dollars, and I ’greed to try and
woik and earn de money to pay her, and I
did, arid my health has been gittin’ better
eber since, and 1 ’specks I made bout nine
hundred dollars dat time out ob dat nig- i
g er - 5 ’
Twins. —Crime and mean whisky.
A Lion Review\
The following accounts given by a Fretch
officer in a late work on Algeria—of the
review of a part of the force by alion, while
they were on the march to attack the Ka
byles—is the most graphic and thrilling we
remember :
“We had ridden carelessly forward, ad
miring the view, or speculating on the
game to be found iu those mountain pass
es, when a sudden halt and the unslinging
of carbines startled us. Pushing past the
rear files we galloped to the front just in
time to prevent the Sergeant, who led the
advance, firing at a noble lion, who, ad
advancing toward the same path which we
were pursuing, had halted abruptly at our
view. He had evidently cotne from a dif
ferent direction to the oue we were pursu
ing, and was making to the very pile of
mountains whose sombre colors had exci
ted our curiosity. Five minutes later and
we should not have seen him; but, as it
happened, there he stood, evidently very
much astonished at thus plumping sudden
ly on so large a party. Were we to fire we
should doubtless either kill or mortally
wound the animal. In the first case all
would be well, and we should be the richer
by a lion’s skin ;in the second place, we
should be sure to lose one or more men,
and it was a responsibility the young offi
cer in command would not assume. Hast
iiy giving the order to unsling the carbines,
lie closed up the men with some difficulty,
; for the horses were restive. In case the
lion showed a disposition to attack, all
were to face towards him, and it was to be
hoped that the general discharge would
prove mortal. If disposed to let us to do
so, we were to pass him quietly.
I have often heard that the lion by day
in no way resembles the same animal by
night. During the darkness, seizing his
prey where he can find it, he will attack
anything with the greatest ferocity ; hut
during the daytime, it being Lis proper pe
riod of sleep, and being, besides, generally
gorged with food, he seldom attacks man.
in the present instance, I had little confi
dence in the effect ofour fire, for our horses
as their riders approach their dreaded ene
my, become more and more alarmed and
restive. The lion was doubtless the one I
had heard roar in the distance the previ
ous night, and he had been to the other
side, seeking his food among tlie donars of
the native tribes near Tenient, from which
he was now returning to his den.
Our files well closed up, we neared the
lion, who showed no symptoms of fear ;
gazed at us, not savagely, but apparently
with great curiosity. Then he moved his
tail to and fro, like a large cat; and as we
neared him he deliberately sat down on his
hind quarters, looking then for all the
world like a queer colored large Newfound
land dog. Just as we ranged up with him
passing by in single file, the horses heads
and tail well together, he opened his huge
mouth with a mighty yawn, uttering as he
did so a sound between a heavy sigh and a
growl. This he did without rising, and in
| a most sleepy manner, as though lie were
’ supremely indifferent to our presence.
At this time our horses were terribly ex
cited, and rnv own, a jet black Syrian barb,
which has carried me many a mile over the
plains of Wjillachi and Roumelia.and who,
from his intense love of mischief and fight
ing i had long since christened “Bashi-
Bazouk,” was now completely .cowed, and
though walking at a very, slow pace, his
black coat was all white with foam. I was
not fifteen puces from the lion, and coitld
not resist the fancy that seized me to rein
in and look at him. Trembling in every
limb my horse obeyed me, and as the rear
files of our escort moved past, I contem
plated the noble brute. He was a splendid
male, of the color called hv the natives the
‘ black lion,” and which, they say, is the
most fierce and terrible of all. lie seemed
sleepy and quiet enough just then, and did
not even look at me. The jangling of the
men’s armor seemed to catch his attention,
and, indeed, it was but a moment's space
that was allowed me for contemplation, for
a very slight move on Iris part caused nij’
horse to bound so as to almost unhorse me,
and as I recovered my seat and my power
over my steed, the sleepy fellow had delib
erately lain down, and resting his fine head
on two mighty paws, he followed us with
his eye as we moved slowly away.
A BITE.
In Kninckerbocker for January among
the good things in the “Editor’s Table” we
find the following droll anecdote ;
* * ° * “While it was a laugha
ble, a very laughable, it was also a very
melancholy sight ; for a drunken man is a
melancholy object to behold and to con
teni] late, anywhere, and under all circum
stances. But the particular case to which
we have reference was a “hard case,” in all
respects. In a spar and ship timber yard,
on the border of West street far down to
wards the battery, on a pleasant October
afternoon, ‘we saw a man,’ or something
in the image of a man, exceedingly tipsy
ous, lying on the ground, amidst scattered ;
chips and shavings in the yard. Some boys
stood hard by jeering and plagueing him.-
Upon remonstrance one of them said that
lie had tbrow’d a stone at Jimmy Gaboon
‘cause he tickled his ear with a shaving
when he was asleep.’ This was no excuse,
and we told tlie boys so; ‘but somehow or’
not her,’ like the Americans at Bladcns
'burge, they did’ut seem to take no inter
est. Meanwhile, the poor inebriate had
raised himself partly up, resting on one
side and said: Why can’t they let me be ?
Wish to-Gud I was an Ingin —that’s all I
hope ?
Two squaws with two moccasins ‘and
other wampfiru bead work, hqd been drawd
ling along by. a moment before, which
probably suggested the thought that was
permeating his half-addled brain. He fin
ally stood upon his feet, but his kuees were
Hot like the firm oak ship’s knees which
were piled up around him ; the feeble knees
failed him, and down he went. He stretch
ed out an arm, laid his head upon it, and
was presently in the land of dreams. All
this time the mischievous boys were watch
ing him, while we watched them through a
crevice in the board fence which surround
ed the yard. At length he was fast and
sound asleep. His yawning shoes disclos
ed all his toes ou eacli foot ; ‘and as we
gazed we saw’ one of the little rascals ma
king a slip-noose, with a strong twine, a
; round one of his big toes, which protruded
from the clamshell opening of his old shoe,
tl>T. looked, more than anything else, like
the head of a great black snake. To the
I other end of the twine, which had a long
purchase, they tied securely the ragged
remnants of a huge brickbat.
They then carefully removed from a wide
space around him every other possible
thing which he might get hold off to throw
at them; but this missile they placed, as
| the Irish have it, ‘convenient to his hand.’
Then all the laughing boys retired to a safe
distance save one, he remained to tickle
the and nose with a thin pine
splinter, to arouse him from his slumber,—
Presently the wretched inebriate awoke ;
and seeing Lis tormentor beating a retreat,
at the same time laughing ‘ready to split
his sides,’ he seized the decoy missile and
hurled it after him. It was cruel! The
string came up with a round turn, which
: almost tore the poor fellow’s toe off. He
| roared with the self inflicted pain and then
! he straightway staggered thence.
“Have you ever seen him about here
, siuee ?” we asked of the proprietor of the
j spar yard some six weeks afterwards.
He is a man of few words ; he said, ‘I
guess not !
From the St. Louis llepullitan.
Despatches from Charleston, dated yes
j terday, announce that the convention pass
jed a res lotion, by a vote of 164 to 88, to
| adjourn the session of that body to the ci
ty of Baltimore, on the ISih of June.—
Without being able to perceive the neces
sity for this course, we are perfectly will
ing to acquiesce in it, if, as we suppose
will be the case, the delegates from the se
| ceding States are not allowed to re-enter
| the convention, and the privilege is aocor
| ded to the . States which they have so un
| worthily represented of sending new dele-
I gates, more nearly representing the Demo
cratic vote than they have done. Almost
! every one will recollect Hint, very soon af
| ter, the Yancey convention wa held in Ala
bama, and his disloyal icsmutions were a
| dopted, the press of that State, the Legis
lature, and many public meetings of the
I people, repudiated the action of that con-
I vention, as uncalled for, revolutionary, and
treasonable, looking to tlie dissolution of
, the Union, if the demands of that State
; were not acceded to.
It will not be difficult to show that Mr.
Yancey, within a month, has congratulated
himself on the prospect of such a division
such a separation of the free front the slave
States, as would lead to inevitable disrup
tion—and tlie secession of six or eight
States, under his lead, shows the extent to
which his party has been able to carry out
his designs. In the convention at Balti
more, on the 18th of June, we take it for
granted that no real friend of the Union
will be willing to sit in counsel, for the
nomination of a Chief Magistrate, with
those who have seceded, under his guid
ance, from that body, and that if there is
to be a full representation of the thirty
three States, new men—men loyal to the
Union—alone will be recognized there.—
Full time is given for all the seceding
States to recall authority so unwisely be
ts'! owed, and if they will send friends of the
Union to the convention, instead of having
injured, the delay in the nomination may
strengthen the Democratic party.
There are other considerations, however,
to he referred to in this connection ; and
now, while everything is fresh in tlie minds
of the people, we make hold to speak of
them. From tlie very hour of the meeting
of the convention, nothing can he clearer
than that there was an organized conspira
cy on the part of the politicians and of
fice-holders, to detent Mr. Douglas for the
Presidency at all hazards. We say this
was palpable before, at the time of, and in
every act of the minority ot the convention
up to the moment of the secession ; and
yet, in the face of this combination, there
was not a period when Mr. Douglas wars
not the choice of the majority, and when
that majority was not able, on a square
vote, to heat down all opposition.
‘Dissolvin’ the Union.’ — The last
Knickerbocker Magazine has the following, l
which is not bad, either as a story or a
speech :
During the exciting campaign of 185-,
in Illinois, a prominent politician made a 1
disunion speech at Quincy. After he was
through, and before the crowd had dispers
ed. a man who styled himself “The Afore
said M. D.” was called for He was lifted
npon the platform, so “elevated” that he’
could not stand without holding on to :
something. He sakl :
“Gentlemen and ladies, you’re talkin’ of,
dissolvin’ the Union ; you can’t do it ; if
you go to yon can’t do it ! Thar’s ;
that are flag a-wavin’ up thar, called Star
Spangled Banner ; how ye are a-goin’ to
divide that, ha ? Are you a-goin’ to give
the stars to the Norl and the stripes to the
JPava/bl© in dvance.
’ S ‘iif ? No sir-ree : the thing can t be did.
! [Cheers.]
“And tlmr's that good old toon that the
hand’s a-play in’ out thar, called Yankee
Doodle ; how ye a-goin’ to divide that , eh!
Are ye a-goin’ to give the Yankee to the
Norl and the Doodle to the Soul ? I
say boldly, the thing can’t he did! —
j [Cheers.]
“And that’s that stream of water a-rnn
| nin’ down tliar, called the ‘Fathcr-o’Wot
ters’; how are ye a-goin to divide that /—,
Are yo a-goin to dam it up with Mason
and Dixon’s line ? 1 say you can’t do that
thing ! Wal, you can’t ! [Cheers.]
“And that ’s the railroad lavin’ out thar
how ye a-goin’ to divide that eh ? are you
goin’ to tie it up with Mason and Dixon’s
line ? You can’t do it 1 [Cheers.]
“And tlmr’s all the fast hosses standip’
round here; how are ye a-goin’ to divide
them ? old bosses ! Are ye a-goin’ to ruu
; ’em North, and run ’em South, and run
’em East, and run ’em West ? [Cheers.]
“And thars ail the haudsom wimmin
round here ; how are ye a-goin’ to divide
them ? Are you goin’ to give the old
ones to the Noil, and the young ones to
the Sous? Waul, you dou’t! It’ you go
to thunder you can’t do it! [lmmense
cheering.]
“And that's all the leathered tribe and
other bird's a-llyiug about here, and the
chickens and egg’s nest, and the yallef
legs and the black legs ; how you goin’ to
i divide them, eh ? Are you goin’ 1o give
the pullets to the NoM and . the , cocks to
the Sous.” [Tremendous cheering.] - ,
Our reporter could hear no more, for the
roar oY laughter which ensued as the “Doc
tor” caved in and fell lVoin the platform.
Tops.—Tops have come. Wo saw onp
yesterday—a veritable top —we heard the
music of its hum—wo watched it as it went
to sleep, an 1 we waited until its last gyra
tion died away, and it flew oil*, out of a*
magic circle in the same old fashioned and
it regular tangent. “Well, what il tops
have come,” the reader may say, “is there
any tiling particular in a top ?” Good
friend, although somewhat critical, there
is much in a top. It has a story to tell,
it comes in with “Lent,” it sings of wdiite
clouds and blue skies, it is the forerunner
of April showers, the first blossoms ofspring.
Those urchins in roundabouts and tucked
pantaloons, whose pockets are now swelled
out with magical Cones and whip-cords, are
the best chroniclers of the changing sea
sons. They watch for the idea of March
with eyes that will not he deceived, and
they know when the sunshine is longer and
stronger, as well as astronomers and mete
orologists. Tops, marbles and kites are as
regular in their rounds as the planets in
! their orbits, and you may swear by them,
as nnn sometimes swear by Jupiter ana
j Mars.
And so yesterday, when we heard the
creaking slip of the cord, and that soft mu
sical whistle which once filled our ears with
joy—we knew that the winter was.oref,
and that “the time of the singing birds”
had come. We knew that the snow was
beginning to dissolve on the mountain—
that the ice was melting in the brooks—
that water cresses were sprouting in
the meadows, and tlint the circling sap was
warming up the hearts ot ancient oaks and
I elms, and giving new life to their stout
trunks and arms. They may still be flur
ries of snow-Boreas may pipe in the North,
and the winds may hlotf arid beat against
* our doors, and may shake us in ofrr beds—-
hut the winter is over, and the sceptre of
icicles and shadows is broken. Already
I the.jocund day steps out of tlie East like
a king in purple, and his sifuset pavilion*)
’ are bathed in showers of gold. Here and
there, too, are blossoms in the grass, and
the sleeping blood of the forest is shooting
out into dripping buds and green leaves.
| The schoolboy carries a treight of wis
dom in his cap. You may put faith in his
fore knowledge. He notes the parallaxes
of the stars and keeps the record of the
sun. He is better than an almanac. And
when tops come, and you hear them hum
ming like bees in the streets and alleys,
you may be sftre that tlie vernal equinox
is near, and you may look lor clearer Hori
zons and warmer ski*s. — Providence Jour
nal.
A Puzzled Physician.—Dr. Ferncau,-
of Suffolk called, a week of
two since, to visit a Canadian brick-layer,
living at 6old Spring, and who was suffer
ing from an attack of pleurisy. Dr. F. or
dered him to apply a poultice to the part
effected, and also left a portion to he taken
! internally. The suffering Canadian, think
ing the outside application more pnfetable
than the powder, reversed the physician's
directions, arid the next day found himself
* restored to health. On his rounds the
next morning, the worthy physician called
to see his brick-layer patient, and was sur
prised as well as pleased to find him up
and at work, and attributing his recovery
to the remedies he had .prescribed approach
ed him with a query :
“So, ho ! you are well already, arc you ?”
“Oh, yees,” replied the patient, beam
ing on the doctor with an expression of
gratitude. “1 swallow de poul tecse and
rub ah de p ow-dare on de rib, and feel
much botiire good.”
The puzzled physician satisfied himself
that such was really the case, and then
drove oft whistling.— Boston Courier.
The population of Texas, it is estimated
by the best informed will be 550,000, in
cluding 150,000 slaves, according to tho
coming census.
Number 27.