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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
J 4.V ES T. NIK BET A* I) SIMHI ROSE,
EDITORS.
Four Stituxas.
BT WILLIAM ALBERT SITLI?rK.
’ The d*y* grow strange, the nights grow cot-1,
The tecs have left the clover;
The maple dropjieth in the pool
Its siiadv uinmer cover.
All <luv the swallows southward flit,
All night the wind sighs dreary,
And through the thin veil over it
The moon looks wan and weary.
The crisp leaves rustle on the path
That slojieth to tlic meadow,
The oak. beside the lily wmti
l>n{K down its naked shadow;
Tile hired boughs at eventide
On util Mid tells keep swaying.
And thief ill sounds through valley wide
At lonely hours are straying.
Three summer months to wartn the heart,
And then the chill frosts after—
Three mi miner moons to dream of lore—
Some ninety days for lsngfiier;
And then the south doth end its reign—
The north-wind clip our dreaming -
The shadow droppeth once again.
To end Love’s empty scheming.
There i> no stripmf summer blue
But winter clouds blow over;
There is no inch of sodden turf
The white snow shall n>t cover;
No pleasant thing but has its end
When sunny days are waning.
No note of music for the lyre
Hut endlessly complaining.—ALt-'oiuff Era.
The Memory of the Heart.
BT UAMKIi WEBTEii.
“ If store* of dry and learned fore we gain.
We keep them in the memory eg’ the brain;
Names, things and facts—whatever we do knowledge
cull.
There is the common ledger for them all;
And images on this cold surface trace*.!
Make slight impressions and aie soon effaced.
Hut we’ve a page more glowing *nd more briglit.
On which our friendship and our love to write;
That these may never from the soul depart.
We in Ist them to tin ntriuorw the iitrrt.
There is no dimming—no ettkee incut here:
r’ach new pulsation keeps tlie record clear;
Varui, golden letters, all the tablet till,
Nor lose ‘four lu-'res till the heart stund Kill.”
“L *• Xotentk r VMA, 1 ,*3*.'.”
-Ve make the fallowing extract from Charles
La i na.iu’s life of Webster, which has verv recent!r
ben issued from the pres*:
“The las? time Mr,Webster visited Elms Farm,
wheih was in July last, the writer was his only com
panion. Ail along the railroad, on our wav fro n !><.*-
ton So the mountains, groups and crowd.- of pe<ij.le a--
setubled to welcome him to his nuti* e Slate : but ;h
had Sir so tong a tune been a consequence of his annu
al visits to Elms Farm, 1 hat he was therefore not ta
ken by surprise. At Concord lie heard die {particulars
of an acciifent which had happened to h s man John
Taylor, and, when told that his life was in danger, he
was sadly distressed, and manifested great imp alii net
to reach home. On alighting from the cars and si,-; -
ping upon his threshold, be only t*.k time to cast one
loving look at his noble rows of elms a.id broad fields,
; us: ready tor the scythe, before lie well-’ .o visit his ten
s'* L Though he found his yeoman friend suttenugfrom ,
dislocated shoulder, a dreadfully bruised breast, and a
.-h.TuI gash in his thigh, some seven incites i;ig, ve:
‘i e doctor had declared him out of danger. With th,
r. vs Mr. Webster was, oi course, del.gh’ed. Before*
left Boaton he had heard us the ace deal, hut no jiui
mi ant; and as he did not apprehend anv danger, hi
hr.-: thought was, *What shall I lake John Taylor as a
>• .-*enf! which questioahe answered by bunging him
basket of grapes arid a lre.-li salmon. The present
aas tit for a king, but John Taylor deserved it.
“ The accident alluded to was caused bv an angry
bull, who turned upon bis keeper in a tit oi cunseies
anger, and not only tossed him high m.o the air with
his horns, but trampled him under his feet. It is a
wonder the man was not killed. What saved bun was
the presence of mind which he man.tested in seizing
and holding on to a nog in the hull's nose, l.i spire iu
his wickedness, this animal deserves a passing noiicv .n
this connexion, as he wa a eery gtva: favorite with in*
owner. He was prenouted to Mr. Webster b. it s devo
ted friend, Rosweii i„ Colt, es p, ot New Je.s -v, and
he is of what is ca’led the Hungarian bree-l. ife is a
magnificent creating, quite young, weighs some two
thousand pounds, of a beautiful mouse or slate color,
and has a ueck which measures more than six fL-et in
circumference. John Taylor’* account of the attack
up*.'*’ Liniseli, and of other ex; loirs i t he lmli, was \ cry
; mid when asked by Mr. Mfobsler :f he really
ihcugnt the animal dangerous and ought io be cbaiuosl,
he replied,‘Why, he is no wore til logo abroad than
a* our friend Governor Kossuih himself.’ ‘Rather stiong
language this,’ replied Mr. Webster; ‘bat when a man
ha* been gored almost to den !i by a Hungarian bull, it
i* not strange that he should be severe the lltn.-
gai iau governor.’
“ A short time before we left Boston for Elm* Farm,
Mr. Webster directed the writer to go to a book-stoic
and purchase sonicforty or liil v volumes of ia e English
books for his use at tile taroi. lie left the selection ca
viicly to the purchaser, and he was, ot course, much
gratified to know tint his judgement in this rather del -
cate commission was fully appro, ed. The collection
consisted of one or two odd and c:i -mines, wo ks on na
luiwl history, book* of traiel, a Lttle history, and seve
ral volumes of correspondence, but not a ilaguient on
polities.
“ A number of reviews were also sent up by the iiook
seliei s, containing elaborate at tides abotu himself ami
the complete edition ol his works. \V hen be toinid bim
at leisure the writer handed hi a these, but be would
not look at them. The writer then told him that thev
were well writteu, and au oiler was made to read some
of them aloud, but he would not consent. The reasons
that he gave for declining even to know what hud ken
said were, that such things were not a’ all interesting to ,
him ; that he had done his best through kfc, aid that
this consciousness was more comforting to him than the
good opinion* of those who knew him not; that he was
getting to be an old man ; that his candle of lije was
already in the socket; and that to one just entering 1 !c
tuvae things might be pleasan , bu: he a a going < the
stage, and had no taste for them; that il anvbodv
should misrepresent him in nr-rd to tacts, mini he
heard of it. he would set them right, but good opinion*
were of very li.tie interest or real value m bun. *
“ And here th- writer would record what he deems
the effect upon Mr. Webster of the Baltimore whig
nomination for President. lie was. indeed, bv far the
greatest of ail the candidates brought forward bv his
party, and though his defeat must have caused some
disappointment, he never for a single moment manife.-
tod uny regret. lie told the writer, on one occasion,
that his friends had done all they could do for him. and
he was satisfied; and then allied, with a IreninioU.-: 1
Toice and tears iu his eyes, ‘ <r'• our iJi-n; i.<
certain, tiny e -uli a- -t ttiir mcj>:J'rntii >, uh..i / / ./;;•
a- n-jur Hi]fej*tttrp. r Ufboih iliegenticmcu who were
. ntniuated. the writer has heard linu sjs*ak in terms of
- ivse. Os General Scott, as ain liniry mats, he s* oke ‘
i'i tin* highest terms, and said that Congrass ought long
-g>> to have made him u lieutenant general. Geucr .i
i’te vc, he r.ui. he bad known fiom tu’ hood, and all
Lis fu o.iy, an-! j. . pite of ssnne hard thing.* wh ch
4 1 rank to: so tie designated him i ii.i.l Ufiefe.l against
hi: s>’tie yearsago, lie was compelled to like him, to
think him a g*>od follow, a smaller man than people
>ught him to be, and wished him ail nrociperilv. lie
w-w undoubtedly tar more cheerful and happy at'cr the
nomination than he had been iuinicd a elv before. With
tbc convention alluded to terminated all his anxieties,
and it is certain that he bad of late been more anxious
about quietly and iaiitifuliy performing bis duties, Lo:h
private and public, und prepairing for the future, than
about anything ilse connected nidi this world.
•* Many were the delighiful rides which the writer
had ihe happiness to enjoy with Mr. Webster along she
slerruuack valley, and ariMind and over the picturi"-
que hills of bis native Salisbury ; and it is with unfeign
ed pleasure that the writer remembers the fact that lie
was with him when he took his lost ride over his farm,
and visited for the las: time the place of bis birth. It
ras after a night of showers auu u most charming day,
we went in an easy double carriage, and the writer held
ti*v reins. He was personally acquainted with almost
*-'■ rvbcdy we met, and not only did he stop and ex
i.ige a word ol kindness with liis old friends, but he
.. .. bade me pull up the horses whenever he met u ;m. -
fy i ! little ahildren going to s.htw.l or gathering berries,
■at he might lovingly inquire their names ;ui<l a.-k
jfier their parents. He was iu tine spirits, and seemed
U b delighted with the singtDg of the birds, which pos
ively seemed anxious to manifest their gladness at his
rsoerce. Hut alas ! those sweet mid much-loved sounds
will never again greet his ear. He looked with a criti
cal eye upon all the fields und gardens, and every bit of
scenery Uuit we saw, lit for a picture, he expatiated up
on most eloquently.
“ We rode through a part of the village of Bnscawcn,
and he pointet) out the *po* where he went toachool in
his fourteenth year, and where he aubscsjucnitly first
became acquainted with Grace Fletcher, (his first wife,l
whom he mentioned at that time, and always mentioned,
as the ‘mothei of his children.’ To her he was mai
ried in the summer of ls< v 7, and she a nd: -d in the city of
New York in 1527. The visit to the spiot of hi* birth
was pleasant Lui mournful. We drank a cup of watet
together out of the old well, ami it was w ilh subdued
felines that he walked over the soil where he sported
ia childhood, aud talked in the most affectionate manner
of the olden times. As the writer has elsewhere remai
ke:. ‘-e h< >*iv.- iu tcuieh },t mubum is not now standing;
in i. u. di— • the writer to state that the only autheu
’ ‘ °f that house, with the neighboring eltn and
vvtU, :> the one which the writer drew white Mr. Wel>-
a.cr was 1 ending over his shoulder, and an engraving
troiu which embellishes this volume.
“ Another p lace that we visited was the Big Pasture,
iv called, which belonged to Mr. Webster, and where
he was then keepiiog about one hundred h.-ud of splen
did cattle. The pasture e.mtained nearly four hundred
;screw, and from the highest psiiut there is a tine pnr
* octof the While mountain*. To see Mr. Webster in
.*•* regular farming suit, and w ith his white slouched
hat on hi* head, and a stick in his band, walking among
cis cattle, which were collected together for his iuspiec
•*n, was indeed au interesliug ana beautiful sight. A
-‘ttwr.ger would have taken him for a stalwart drover or
butcher selling or purchasing stock ; while in reality he
*aa the mastermind of the world. The writer was al
so privileged to wet aline for trout, while Mr. Webster
‘vat in hia carriage and looked on, in I’unch-brook. upsui
wha-h are located both the birth-place and the big p*as
r*, and which empities into the Merrimack a’ l.ims
also took a drive around Lake Como, which is
‘“•autitul sheet of pure water, distant from the farm
r.ie mi)**, shout two miles long, and am nun
ded with a handsomely cultivated countrv. The lake
nix>unds in perch and pike; and, of course, Mr. Web
ster ever had a fish-house there, ami a boat in which he
was accustomed to enjoy, and permit his friends.to en
joy, the pleasant recreation of angling. On the Ivnrders
of this lake we halted before a nice country house, Hank
ed by a noble farm, when Mr. Webster sent in for its
master; and ou his appearance, introduced him to the
writer a* hi* *r tr tr-rt'y The tierson thus
introduceil wa* a tali, thin man, who hxvkeu as if natme
had fomiedJiim of its toughest sinews, and browned
1 him vvitii the hues of the most substantial health. The
i tephew returned the civilities ot his distinguished uncle
i tiapl in. bln.t?, manner, but with sflectkm; and little
j .id lie believe that the mere fact of his being tlius con-
I .co-ed would elevate him, in many parts us the country,
nto a decided lion.
“ \\ e also v isiti-d tlie junction of tlio-e two inountaiii
Jrcaius which form the Merrimack. The scencrv at
his p>oint L* wild and romantic; and us the immediate
oank.s qf tlie uni in river as you descend are uik with
vegetatiou, and all the interval laud* highly ctlltivu ed,
tnd the reskleiices ol the fiirmers all neat and eomfhrt
ahle, a ride of half a dozen miles down the river is iu-
Jeaeiibabiy bcuuiifitl; and wlieu enjoyed with uc i a
eotupiautoo, Who reeoguLsed h:i old mend in every tree
and sbaie, the rea>iei itiay well imagine that the j 1.-u
----’*wie was uualloved. By the writer it coil certainly nev
er be forgot; eii.*’
, “Grace Greenw(<ol,” one of the most delightful
’*gO'sipipwr*’’ in he world, thus discourses, in a letter
,to the <'<i.d Eu, about the celebrated iiotne oi .Sir
; Walter Scott:
An non* poen.—We stoppird at the Melro*e station,
and, taking a carriage, dn vcover to AbboiL*fotd, s. me
hi re miles. Thee .imtry, though exceedingly plea-ant,
Mid no; stuke u- as reUuvikahly ptetuiesqiie, and before
we dreanicl .f such a dung we Were at Abbotsford,
w hich lies low, .n ti.o hanks ot the Tweed, hidden tio.ii
tbe romi by adt ck pdamution. The gioumis are very
oeautiful, and have, need 1 say, a tieetiliar mournful
cliarm in aii their loveiy lights and shades of greenery
and leafy luxu. uikv, from she reculiec..oa iliai he, ‘.lie
.miiioria) mas er, pJanned and pd-anted, and tcumi his
■ptirest, richest j lesse e in adorning them.
1 The house useif is a stiiierh barouial-lfxiking resi
lence, s rikiugly I'iciHresque in effect, aud wonderfully
iiU keeping w i-ii wienund and t;.steot the noble builder.
it is one oi the mo-s- natural priKltietions of hi* genius.
£i ou could almost tascy it in all ns vari*d fo!ins of mi
f'ique be-u.y, quaint and s;range, yet ever graceful und
imposing -h.s light enelianting paietry und liis glorious
l.oii.ance reswdveti iulo stone, it is a curious piile— an
jod.l, yet not inhanuonious assemblage of architectural
jidca*. half religious, halt teuda!, simple yet stately—the
kviiartnaig cusceiis aud bold fancies of poetry aud the
fsj.irit oi olden ror.iance, revealed iu towers and turrets,
aivliea and wn.dows, gabies and ehiinney-'opv.
! The eu.raucc-hall ai AbbottsfoidLs tint very Ir.rge,
4 l*ut is exceedingly beauti.ui, and tastefully hung witn
ja nior, antlers, v.eapions and in.cresting relics from iia
;nj lands. But af.er ihe guide poin’ed to a glasscase,
i which contained the suit o* elo.iie* lust worn by tvr
i Walveb. I sw nothing beside in this apartment.—
* These brought the p.ielure of tlie grand old man, w orn
i Town and broken bctbie his time, with wondrous vi
t .illness before me. t could see him as be tottered about
’ tis grouuds, or sat in the shade of some favorite tree,
•J viib iits taobiul Willie Laidluvr .he great soul-bglu m
’ ais eye, dimmed vvi'h deepeuiug mists, and liis gigantic
‘etiiu* shrunken into u b.'be’s bounded and bewiidcied
i capacity—i could see on bis worn brow the troubled
stiuggle * f mc.in rv and tliotigiit, in hia eyes the l.iui’
aiouicuiary gteuiumg o: the otd tnspiiraiion -but by tlie
swix-t, mournful smite of his vuu bps, 1 could sie, oh!
uoih.ngmore, for the real ic.irs which rained from my
eye* seemed to hide tin uure.il pvicturc of my fancy.
In the beaut.ful little s udy in winch the great novel
st wrote man. of his wot ka, tlie air seemed surchar
ged with ihe l.ving magnetism of liis genius. So //<•■ r
no seemed, so strmigeK receiu liis presence, so ine\ i a
bie his sijeetly let uni, my mind grew bewildered and
.uy hear; brat, hairicdiy mid h.dfcxpeetantlv. My very
! sense* obeyed tlie slroug illiisiou of my excited linagi
tnatiou. i l.sike.l toward the door by which he used to
: enter. 1 lisiemsl, ands; oke low. 1 dared not app.roach
f liis writing-table, and sit in his chair, for tear lie might
j surprise me when he should couie ill. Hut oh! how
i so. u passcsi over my licurt ihe chill re liming wave of
■ rccol.ec<ion, ol reason gone, gone forever! dust, dust,
! these twenty \ t ars !
The libiaty, drawing and dining-rooms, are very ele
g.nt apartment*, n i.i.naiidmg some dia nilng views.—
There a.e several tine pictures, by foreign artists, ool
ite isl bv riar Walter; but of more interest to me were
the finally jh.m ails. Ol ‘.lies.-, there are two ol the pio
ct, taken m his early bovlmod, wonderfully like those
i; win ted iu his man in* si and ohi age. Ttu-re is a hund
suue ftili-ieiigdi I k. ness of the last Sir Waiter, and
: several j.oriraits of his sister, Mrs. Lockhart, w hose sou
| is the |M**seut Utasiei of Abb-ittslord. Os all ‘lie wea
pons, curious and memorable iu the armory, of all the
;valuable relics. I vas most mousl by the sight of the
oisiois of Nanoleo.i, *! b Jt-iv s g.t:i, a.id .he swords oi
! Montrose.
- Ilvci turr.vtcF'f a Locoaonv* v\o a FLoett of
to case.—The Il.shester American has the liiliovving
nciiie it i “t'oiiii rup on the express train, the o'her
lay, it so hi.pj e-ied :li.tt on leav.ng Fond i, u dock of
some thirty wild git-se sweprt over into the valley of
i:lie Mohawk just as the cit s were under way. These
! geese being manifestly bewilderetL kept ou steadily iij.
tiie river, but well over on the opposite side of tiie va!-
.ey; hence a u.kmi chance to coni; are their spiced vvi.h
iie “fighteiiiiig train w.ts afforded. At first it seemed
to be ah.ait an “even thing,” but af.er a few mo
rn _uits i: was readily prerccivable that the geese were
drawing ahead of tlie locomotive. After a few min
.utis. the flock seemed half inclined to drop down into
{the ib hawk, and abated niucli of tiieir speed—the eu
fgine recovding the lost ground ; but she geese tlioiigh'.
[the better of it, changed front, sought a grea'er eleva
ation, and pushed aiieiul again in ilie same direction
yv idi the train. By this time the race became quite ex
citing, and one could hardly refrain from exclaiming,
‘go engine; pair m goose;* hut there was no deed tor
exortatu'i), tis both seemed letting out about all they
knew—the geese gradually drawing ahead till within
a short distance of Little Falls, when the bevy hauled
np> in the wind’s eye, shivered a moment, and stood dowu
the river again, having gained in the race about two
utiles. The geese must have heeu going, when last
i*< en, at the rate of sixty or seventy miles the hour. —
Th s is tlie l.r*i race vve have seen between ji !<k.'oiiio
tive ami Ihe feathered race ; and th nigh the latter hud
‘the best of it, the former did well Considering that it
was oouip>elled to c.i try weight.’’
The Crystal i'atace.
; The Crystal l’alaee is fast assuming a definite slinjie.
On the lately naked plot of ground called Reservoir
■ square, slender pillar* and base columns and girders,
are starting up in every direction. The works arc pro
‘, rcssiag w ills unrelaxn g aciivity, and there is lit 1c
doubt but lhat if will be compdcted by the appsvinte.l
day. The pillars and girders of the centre dome are al
ready in their p laces. These girders are ail tested pre
vious to erection by a vertical pressure on each ol from
Ten to fif-eeo tons. On the gt.uiul iloov of the budding
there will be tfo!’. girders. Tlie test-p ressure applied
previous to cm:ion, averages eleven tons on each,
which proves :he girder* alone to be capable of suji
ja iling a weight equal to tons. A piressuie to
wbich they cannot, by anv pmssibilnv, be ever subjec -
, and. Forty-e’giii of ihe pnilnrs that suopsirttlio biitl.img
r are hollow, and piovided with sja.uis at the base, doing
double dmy us p.rops iuk! mediums li.r conveying away
whatever water may he deposited on the roof.
\Ye observed the gnat improreinent, in the way in
’ which the pillar* amt girders were raised so their places
pm the English budding. There, two single sheer poles
’were ttsed, vvi'h a (vlam block and hauling tackle sits
ri'tuded fonvivn, by which means the pillars were la
: ooriously and tediously r.iistsl to their places. Here,
i however, a latge derrick is us>*l, with a swing (mom,
i which Ctciliia.es considerably Ihe deposition of any
’ii wvy article. The chief advantage of iliis derrick is,
ili.it ir is j.laced on wheels, rendering it nose easily
moved. It cm, when nccesscrc, he elevated to the
*ecoihl Hoof if the budding, vviiere the edges of the gir
ders form a railway on which it i uns, and thus traver
se* the entire building.
It is calcuiu ed that 1,’ ‘> tons < f iron will be employ
ed in the elec'ion < j the building.
j The workmen are now busily employed in placing
; lie base pieces, on vvli.ch lie supiioning prillar* are to
i rest, at ihe proper distances. U e learn that it forge
| -i'lanti'v of ginlers is now lvuig at one of the wharves;
i when these are received, the work* will proceed with
j still greater alacrity.—A’. ). Jlnuli.
The Crystal Palace.
Foreign comribution.s to the Crysial Palace are flow
ing in-daily. Among them vve aiv glad to pierceive tna
iiv things that will tend to elevate artist>c feelings iu
this country. We surj ass iu utilitarianism all other
countries, and a few sttmuiating exhibitions of foreign
art meal! that we require to give the American mind
•be net. •'-ary impulse in the right direction.
OJiot, the French jeweler of the Hue Hnt*s >lt Ii my
uiri, Fans, whose exquisite chased silver-work excited
such attention at the iamdou Exhibition, will contribute
similar article* to our exjaisition.
liaiiaelle Monti, the Milanese sculp!or, sends his won
derful veiled *lutue of the Hashful Beggar. This vve
believe is the only work in which apparent transpa
rency lias been given to solid marble.
Some curious Machines for u. raring liquors are set t
by M. Grundhunie, l’aris. In the London Expiusiiiou
■ome of the same nature were exhibited. One of these
■vas eapabie of uianufacturiug from ."eo to bottles
of gaseuus v. atcr per day, and posse.-sed the power of
rendering all w ines effervescent, whatever may be tiieir
vge.
A good tnanr works of art are already annoanced,
‘i nd there is little dmb* but that by the Ist of May the
i ’alace vviil be well fdjed with the rarest products ol Eu-
I ojieal. talent.—.V. J”. Tru.u. e,
I Ann of Animals. —A bear rarely exceeds twenty
’ ears; a dog lives twenty yi.is; a wolf twenty; a fox,
>ui teen or sixteen. The average age of ait * is fifteen
,wrs; of the squirrel or h ire, seven or eight, Ele
lianis have been known to live to the great age of four
ur.dted years. When Alexander had conquered IV
us, King of India, be took a great elephant, which had
night valiantly for the king, and named him Ajax.ded
euted him to the son, and let him go with this iuser.p
----{ ion- “Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated
* \jai to the sun.” This elephant was fiiund w ith this
iscripiioit three lmndied and fifty years after. 1 ig*
,ave been known to live to the age o! thirty years ; the
hiuoceras to fifty. A horse lias been known to live to
he age of seventy-two, but averages twenty-five to
uirtv. Camels si mi let imes live to the age ol one Inin*
•red! Stags are long-lived. Sheep’ seldom exceed the
ge of ten. Cows live about fifteen years. An eag e
icd iu Vienna at the age of one hundred and four
ears; raven* frequently reach the age of one bundled,
wans have been known to live three bundled years;
elicans are long-lived. A tortoise lias been known to
•ve much above one hundred and ninety years.— Grun
's F riner.
j l Tlie eldest sou of (Jueen Victoria, it is said, be
ins to exhibit military talent, and lias at once received
n appointment a* (toner and or Major General, and an
i idditmn of some half a million dollars attached to hia
‘adariis.
MACON, GEORGIA :
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1852.
Whig .Meeting in Monroe County.
At an utir.g of Il.e Wli g I’rrty of nine county
in Forsyth, oa the 7th inst., the following ticket lor
county officer* was nominated for - election on the
first Monday in January next:
F<-r Jut'.icm <f flit Inferior Court,
W. S. NORMAN,
I). SANFORD,
• J. T. CROWD! R,
n. H. ZELLNER,
M. M. IHCKIN.
Ft- Ttu CiUrtor,
W. R. HANKS.
F r lirt-Fr.fr of Tux li
JESSE AYCOCIv.
Helinv v.e give the result of the Municipal elec
tion held ill this city ou Saturday last, for Mayo:, eight
Aldermen, Treasurer and Clerk, one Frincipal untl two
Deputy Marshals.
von MAYOR.
E. L Strohecker 553
R. H. Hardaway, D'7
ALDERMEN.
T. J. Shinholsor, TO'J John L. Jones, ‘24”
L. N. Whittle, 3FJ Henry E. Moore 2t”
Pulaski S. Holt 827 W. J. McEiroy, 221
A. M. Smith 324 Henry Wood F.**J
R. B. Clayton, 2*3 R. S. Freeman Fee
(. W. Adams, 2SO J. Springer, 122
O. F. Adams, 24 > E. C. ShcrvviKal, 172
11 J. Jelinston 243 Scattering ’-'.i
CLERK AND TRKASIIKKK.
A. R. Freeman d;’>
FOH Fill NCI PA I. MARSHAL,
H. W. Shaw 227 A. K. llantun, Ifo
Tiiomas Knight 110
FOR UKPfTV MARSHAL.
G. J. Lunsford gOO John H. Cutnming,. .13.
11. J. Coupler 200 Win. J. Suphens,.. 13’
Gabriel Darker, 120
The subscription of by the City Council, ti
the stock of a Gas Company, was submitted :<> tin
pieojile at this election. One hundred mid sixty-seven
voted in favor of, and seventy-one against the proposed
subscription ; whilst many did not vote at aii upon tin
question, through inadvertence or indifi’jietice. Even
citizen of Macon opposed to the introduction “f Gas.
pirobubly votcl~r.guiust it. The Cit\ Councii has now
the authority to act, and to make the subscription of
f_i ‘,"*“1: necessary to insure the erection of works to
supply our city with gas. Two public meetings of the
citizens of Macon have failed to develops any serious or
general opposition to the proposed subscription, nui.l
he meagre vote on Saturday against it, must convince
every one that a large majority of our citizens ure wit
ling that it should be made. Will ihe new board of
Aldermen act upon this matter at once ¥ or will it jwrmit
this project, like many others which have been pn.-
jM'sed for the benefit and improvemeut of our city, to
tail by delay in acting upon it, or by a timid dread of
assuming lespionsibility ujxin uny matter, where there
is the least opposition.
The First Shad !
The fir-G Siiail brought to the Savannah inaiket this
s ‘a*on, was purehasisl by C. A. Ells A Son, of this city,
and brought up by the ears last night—and probably will
be eaten to- lay.
Giand Concert.
The Americans have arrived, and will give a Grand
Concert this evening. For particuluis, see bill* of the
day.
Death of John O’Keefe.
On Saturday night, about twelve o’clock, John
O’Keefe was killed in front of the Washington Hall, by
J< Ini T. Boyd, a journeyman saddler in the employ of
Win. T. Mix A Cos., of this city. Mr. O’Keefe was a
native of Ireland; but li.il resided in this piluee for
many years, quietly and unobstmsively putrsumg h s
occupation as a school teacher.
Ou Monday morning Boyd was committed to await
his trial for murder, at the next term of the Superior
Court of this County.
JjgT* Two burglaries were committed in our city du
ringilie last week. The stores of Messrs. Ehrleich and
Gra bill were broken into and robbed of articles of val
uOn Saturday night, a psirtion of the artieles, to
gether with others, which were lost from the Lanier
H >use some time since, were found in a shop on Cotton
Avenue, kept by a Mrs. Foster, wlio has been arrested
and lodged in jail. We have reason to believe that there
are several other shops besides that of Mrs. Foster, in
our corporate limits, in which stolen goods are received,
and an unlawful traffic with negroes, is constantly carri
ed on; aud our newly elected Council will deserve tlie
thanks of all good citizens, and give us a guarantee for
its energetic Administration of the affairs of the city, by
takiugprompt and decided incisure ; to arrest this great
and growing evil.
Thomaston X Ilarnesville Railroad.
W e are much gratified in being able to announce that
the speedy construction of this road is now placed be
y.'tid a doubt. The contract for grading, Ac., Ills been
taken by Mr. John D. Gray, and the work will be eon:-
ni need immediately. We congratulate our friends in
Upson on their present prospects of Railroad comnnt
nication, and of having secured Ihe services of a con
tractor so efficient and energetic as Mr. Gray.
KunkcFs Nightingales.
This celebrated Troupe gave a series of entertain
ments in our city during the last week, which were at
tended by crowded audiences, and which fully sustain
ed the reputation which preceded them. The corps has
no dead timber in its composition. Every member is
effective; utid by the variety of talent which they ex
hibit, give an unflagging interest to their performances.
The Xigh'ingaloii visit Columbus during the presen
week ; and we advise our friends in that city to heat
them, a* they are the only Troupe of Ethiopian Melo
dists, whose performances we have witnessed, who mux
aspire to rival the Campbell Minstrels.
r William H. Battle, Esq., was on Friday, the 3d
hist., elected by Ihe Legislature of North Carolina, an
Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of dial State. -
No United States Senator has as yet been elected, to lilt
the vacancy which will exisi after the 4th of Match
next. On the oth inst., we notice lliat upon a ballot foi
U. S. Senator, Kenneth Raynor, Esq., received the en
tire Whig vote, but lacked two to elect him. We re
mcmbei Mr. Rayner, as a young and talented Represen
tative in Congress from North Carolina, some ten veins
ago, and would be rejoiced to hear that he had boon
elected to the Senate. The election of a Whig, howev
er, is baldly [>ossible, und there is some doubt whetlur
anv election at all can be made by the Legislature du
ring its present session.
“jgr Charles C. Langdon, for many years the Editor
of the M-u-iU A Jut iixtf, from which paper he has re
cently retired, was on the *!th inst., elected Mayor ot
the ci!v of Mobile, receiving a majority of seventy-two
votes over six competitors.
ARRIVAL OF TilE NIAGARA.
One Wee*. Inter from Europe.
New-Yobk, Dec. 11. —The Royal Mail steamship
Xut/tiiu loas a'Tived a! Boston from Liverpool, which
jwrt’ she left on the 2i ih ult. She brings six days luUr
intelligence.
Livtni'OOL Mahket. — Guttnn —The Liverpool inar
ket since the sailing of the F-.rojm had been dull and
heavy, und prices had declined F-.d. a 4 d. per pound.
Tilt* sales ol the week were very light, being limited to
23,00 * bales—the largest portion ol xxiiicli w ere taken
by the trade. Fair Orleans was iptoted u. mid
Middling qualities at :>%. per l!i.
Trade ai ilaneiiester was dull.
ADDITIONAL 1 ER NIAGARA.
Nkw-York, Dec. 11, P. M.— “o t /< —The I ivetpoi 1
tnuikct for the week cuding the 27th ult. closed iu a
dull and unsettled suite. Tiie stock on hand was some
17,. mo I wiles mote than at the con esponding date last
year. Fair Uplands were quoted at O', and.
STILL FURTHER 11Y THE NIAGARA.
Ki -Yoi;k, Dec. 11, F. M.—At the ehme ol the week’s
o|>erali"n the Liverpool Cotton market had declined
and., and holders w ere pressiijg stocks on sale. The
•ale* of the week were 2 ,""o bales, of w hich apeeula
uns :<'ok 2,". *■, and exporter* I'M". We quote Fair
Oi leans at ‘i k s d., Midillmg ‘''.'hd., Fair Uplands 3>sd.,
Middling l plands
Alabama. — Gov. Colukrluis appointed Judge Gib
bons, of Mobile, to the Seat of the Supreme Bench,
made vacant by the resignation of Judge Dakoan.
Among the passengers in the steamship Futridti,
arrived at Savannah on Wednesday troni New ork,
wus Lieut, lieiirv Davenport, w ho, having ob.ained a
brief leave of absence ft out the Department, is on a
x isit to bis relatives in that citv. Ihe Saviuinah -I {•> n
inu A-R’- understand* that the difficulty betvvec.i the
Liixx steamers and tlie Cuban authorities having been
settled, Lieut. Davenport xxill resume liis command iu
that line either iu the Chtrokr* or (j-r*cr/it < ’U>/.
i A- *•< •
If anything can stay slavery agitation for th”
next few years, it is the importance of the future fin*
eign policy of this Government, and the great intercut
and attention it w ill exeire. No new question connect
ed with the domestic ;to! icy of the country will proba
bly be mooted for ihe next •< nr years, which will involxe
i radical change of xiial policy, aud upon the old ques
tions in relation to if, which h ive hen to-ore divided
, parties. No issue can .noxv be made. But the foreign
policy of this Government grows in interest and im
portance every day, and every day becomes more com
plicated with qnes.ion* of delicacy, and of moment to
he rest of the world. We arc a power on earth, und
no more unreserved concession of this fact could be
made, than in the interest and solicitude which is mani
fested by foreign Governments, to ascertain the princi
ples which xvill hereafter govern our foreign policy.—
Heretofore that policy has been settled and uniform.—
Heretofore peace lias been recognised as the policy of
this country—-a policy dictate and by an enlightened sel
fishness, as xvell ns by the wise consideration, that xve
might most potentially influence the destiny of other
nations, mid most effectually propagate republicanism,
by first assuring our own stability ajid maturing our
own institutions, and by giving to the world the ex
am],le of a great, prosperous, happy and successful re
public. To it we oxve our position, as a first-rate pow
er, and to it are the oppressed nations of Europe in
debted Sir any fact or argument against their op
pressors, anv hope or consolation lor themselves, which
is furnished them in the present condition or future
prospects of this country.
But xve enter upon anew era in our national existence.
We hax e passed the dangerous period of national ist
! fancy and weakness, and have the confidence, the
I strength and the inclination to play a more ambitious
rule—ti more conspicuous, active and aggressive part in
the affairs cf this world.
Intervention in the affairs of other nations, as preach
'd by Kossuth and Kinkel, not an article in the creed
•f the Whig or Democratic Party. It is however ad
vocated by Whigs and Democrats. Its discussion has
riven a direction to popular impulses and popular pas
•ions which may influence the policy of the country.—
It is an idea which accords well with the tendencies of
i’rce iiisrinitions and xvitli the best and xvorst passions
if our people, and though it may never be formally ac
knowledge I a* the settled policy of this country, it may
be acted upon. Pretexts will he sought to interfere in
.he affairs of every nation, where the national pride, or
lust for ];oxver and territorial aggrandizement may be
gratified, or individual interests subserved, and inter
vention, though miavowed by any political party, aud
even disavowed by our Government, may be practically
the policy of the country. The late excitement grow
ing out of the Crexctrit C. t>/ affair, exhibits ihe eager
ness of many of our people, to find pretexts to interfere
in tin* affairs of foreign nations, who mercilessly ridicule
the doctrine of intervention, whilst they practically act
upon it. The exercise of a clear and unquestioned
right by the authorities of Uuba, in preventing ihe
landing of Purser Smith upon the Inland, has been
made the occasion for Ihe expenditure of much rhetoric
and more gas. But Purser Smith has been received —
the pretext lor intervention in the affairs of Uuba has
been lost,and no material is left for indignant paragraphs.
Yet the Cuban excitement will not eml here. Purser
Smith xvill lose hs factitious importance—this notorious
individual xvill sink into the usual insignificance of tlie
great family of the Smiths, but ihe Cuban excitement
vviil continue, and the language of Cuban intervention
ists glow bolder and more undisguised. Even noxv, the
annexation of Cuba is declared to be a foregone conclu
sion, and a question simply of time. The administra*
tion is happily rid of it, by the timidity of the Cuban
authorities, and by their urter dread of a rupture xvilli
tiii- country ; but the administration of General Pierce
must meet it.
In the meantime, the publication of the diplomatic
“orrespondeuce of our Government with regard to it,
which has lately been made, attracts universal atten
tion, and xv'll probably prevent any negotiations for
its acquisition by purchase lor some time. It is an
eclnirruc.ut id to the rest of the world of the deep intoi
est xve feel in the destiny of ihe Island, and of our strong
desire to appropriate it. This fact has been known to
Spain, to Cuba, to England and France for many years,
but it has been tor the first time formally declared and
stripped of all the mystery of diplomacy, by the publi
cation of the correspondence of Mr. Buchanan xvith our
Minister at Madrid.
The II urhliujtcn Unin, followed by Democratic
presses generally, denounces the Administration for the
transmission of this correspondence to Congress, the
publication of xvhicli it assumes is prejudicial to the
public interests. The same paper, in a lute article upon
the foreign policy of Great Britain, denounce* it, be
cause, unlike our own, which is exposed (<> the criticism
jof the world, it is shrouded in mystery, and conducted
with a systematic and studied concealment of the prin
ciples and motives by which it is acluated. An honest
directness of purpose which does not dread publicity—
an upi hi. 1 , xvhicli seeks its object, without tortuosities or
tergirei sat ions, and a sincerity and honesty xvhicli chal
lenges a criticism us its principles and motives, are the
j characteristics of a fair, honorable and enlightened di
| ploinacy, for which our diplomacy, according to the
j U ashinjttm Unit it, is distinguished, and for the want of
which English diplomacy is denounced by it. And
yet Mr. Fillmore is denounced at the same time, by the
same press, because he has given publicity to u diplo
mttic correspondence upon the subject of a negotiation
vhich cannot be renewed. Romulus M. Saunders, by
iis want of management, gave publicity to thenegotia
iousofMr. Polk, for the purchase of Cuba, whilst they
j vere pending, and all the particulars connected with
hem were furnished the New Yoi k lh.-td!, ns it is said,
: iy our Legation at Madrid, and were published by ,hat
,aper. If the publicity which has been given to this bold
dtempt of President Polk, to annex Uuba, and to its sig
<al and utter failure, is embarrassing or irritating, Mr.
.’elks Minister at Madrid should share xx ith Mr. Fillmore
he denunciations of the ( ui'.n. Romulus M. Saunders
vas utterly incompetent to manage the delicate negotia
ioti xvith which he was entrusted by Mr. Buchanan.—
A’itli a simplicity which is amiable in Wilkins Miemv
er, but is not a very good qualification lor a diplomat,
ie exposed the whole matter “in a burst, of confidence’’
o the whole w orld, and whilst rendering himself and
sis country’s diplomacy ridiculous, postponed indeliuite
v the peaceful acquisition by tlie United .States of the
, slat id of Cuba.
New Cork for Fever and Ague.— The Huntsville
Texas) J enh, says :
‘•We had a call this week from Mr. Deßerry, of
{rimes county, xvlio xve understand is about to publish
i ]>uper in Anderson. From among other interesting
terns of information, we gleaned from him, perhaps the
ollowing remedy for chills is worth priming: Take
i raxv egg, break it in a tumbler, cover xviili vinegar,
and drink altogether an hour or two before the chill’s
’ lime of calling. Mr. I)., says lie has seen it tried for
years, and never yet saw a failure. It may seem a
hard dose, but it is not half so bad as that villainous
French invention, quinine.”
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.— Messrs. Screvkn
md R u itr* have procured subscriptions of-? 1 >•'>,ooo,
i* the result of calls made during eleven or twelve hours.
There are seven subscribers for the sum of slo,nooeach,
uid it is expected that two or three other perrons xvill put
lown u like amount. It is supposed that the individual
subscriptions in this city will reach iffioiyXio.— 'Satannaii
/i-j-idiirtllt, J sc. 12.
(’rackin'; a Joke,—A fellow named Wills was haul
ed up in Albany the other dav for striking a man nam
ed l ib, and fined £■'>• He plead, in extenuation, that
he Ihought it no offence to “ truck a jobs.”
l*-"‘ The United States Branch Mint at Dahlonoga,
in this State, coined from the Ist of January, 18’:’, to
the 30th October, siB: ,316 in gold. The deposit cf
gold during the same time was During the
cor: esponding time of I*sl the deposit was $218,022. —
Os the fourmmta of Philadelphia, exv Orleans, (Jliar
lo ee, N. C., and Dalilonega, Dahloucga stands third
in the amount of coinage aud depesite.
Japan. —There ore two Emperors of Japan; the tem
poral Emperor has the seat of his authority at JeJdo ;
the Eccfo casticid Emperor reigns at Macao, as <l. seer.-
an of the Sou Goddess, the tutelar deity of Japan.—
No Japanese born dare go out ol’ the countn , nor any
ship or boat of Japan sail from their shores. All Ja
panese who return li<>me from abroad are liable to suf
fer death.
Death or \V. Gibbons. —We learn by a telegraph
ic dispatch received in this city, on Saturday, by the
lion. Elias Reed, that Wii, Gibbons, Esq., died in New
York at half-past six o’clock on Friday evening last.
’1 he death of Mr. Gibbons has been, xve believe, some
time expected, his disease being dropsy of the chest, as
sociated with some organic affection of the heart.
Mr. G. formerly lived permanently in this city and for
s< uie veass past has spent his winters here. Os late
veins he lias been directing his attention to local improve
ments, commencing among other things the erection of
a large hotel on W est Broad street. We presume that
he has provided for the completion of this undertaking,
which was a cherished idea xvitli him. He has left a
large fortune to be inherited by liis only son and three
daughters.
Jenny Lind Sixginu Again.—A late French paper
says:
“From Berlin we learn that Jenny Lind is about to
perform in that city, at a series of concerts to be given
ou behalf of the Society c.f Gustavos Adolphus, xxhich
v. as formed for relieving poor protestant communities
in Sweden and’in the Nforwi of Germany.”
Railway Motto. —“ Slow and Sure” —of an acci’
dent,— Punch.
Arrival of THK Cherokee. —ller rereptitn at If
moo. —The steamer Citerob-, from New \ ork, vui Ha
vana, with tit-celebrated “Purser Smith ” aboard, arr
veil at New Orleans on the Oth inst. She was well re
ceived at ilaviiiia, and allowedcuintHUincationwit.il the
shore as usual. She landed her passengers and m.t
and her olh eers were treated with the utmost courtesy o
the Spanish officials. The Captain of the port intimat-d
to (.’apt. Baxter that the ditliculty regarding Purser
Smith was now detinitelv settled, and that no fun her
trouble would ensue.
The Havana papers exult greatly over the affidavit ol
Smith, as a triumph over the Yankees.
.Ml excitement on this subject has subsided.
The following is die proclamation of the Captain Gen
eral, dated November 4t*:
llis Excellency, the Minister of Her Majesty the
Queen i-f Spain, at Washington, having directed to me a
note through his Excellency the American Secretary it
State, accompanied by an allidui it of Mr. W. Smith, the
Purser of the Crescent City, in which he disavows hav
ing at any time boon the bearer of any communication
calculated to injure this government, and assorts himselt
innocent of the charges laid against him. Therefore,
the cause which led to the issue of my proclamation of
the llli of September hist, having been removed, you
will hereafter place no obstruction to the entrance of this
individual or the vessel in whx-h he is employed..
Signed, VALENTINE CANr.IM).
Condensed exhibit of Agricu ttiral Produc
tions in the United States in 18i‘d-.0.
Prutl-wtiin*. ls") 0.
Unimptoved laud, 115,435,17>
Imp-oved h.ml 4*4.,5M>,0*>
Ca ll value of farms, ’Si
Value of farming implements, 151,<505,l in
No. of Horses 4,445,6 L
Asses and Mules, Xii'qoJ*
Milch Cows 6, l,!'4i
Working Oxen 1,4'.**,4'jl
Other Ga f tlc, 10,gii'i,ob
Sheep 21,*541,4*4
Swine, Si >,315,7 If
Livestock, ia!uc of 543, .*44,71 i
Wheat, bushels of It* >,47;',15*
live, bushels of 14,18*,437
Indian C( ra, bushels of 5','4,! 41,43”
Oats, bushels of 1415,544, gin
liice, pounds of. 215,312,71<’
Tobacco, pound-* of lP'.i,73i*,74ii
Ginned Cotton, bales of 2,408,02”
Wool, pounds of 54,515, 14
Pens and I leans, bushels of ‘.‘,4’; ,514
Irish Potatoes, bushels of. 55,7*1,751
Sweet Potatoes, bushels of 38,250,311
Harley, bushels of 5,107,414
Buckwheat, bushels of. 8,'.i55,!i45
Value of orchard pmlnee 7,72*',*04
Wine, gallons of 441,44;-
Value of produce of market gardens 5,27",L’.*
Butter, pounds of 314,1 | 4*,' 1 i.”
Cheese, pounds of 10.5,53!*,■'■i*'.’
Hay, tons of 14,*3'.i,141
Clover-seed, bushels of 4(57,0*4
Other gras -seeds, bushels of 414,154
Hops, pounds of 3,4*57,514
Hemp, dew -rotted, tons of 03,588
Ileuiji, watoi-rotted, tons of 45,3*0
Flax, pounds of 13,31*1,415
Flax and Hemp, tons of y.,t5*55
Flaxseed, bushels of 562,8 lb
Silk cocoons, pounds of 14,7*55
Maple Sugar, pounds of 35,1*50,457
Cane Sugar, pounds of 447,77*,000
Molasses, gallons of 14,*7*5,574
Beeswax and honey, pounds of 14,*50,047
Value of home made manufactures, 27,47.*,'.<31
Value of animals slaughtered, 1 1i*,4f5,040
Louis Napoleon.
The Courier thinks the world has been greatly mis
taken in the character ol Louis Napoleon, anil that the
world is beginning to find it out. In the course ot
its remarks, the Courier says:
“It so happened, that when in the winter of 1836
he landed in ibis city from Brazil, where he had been
exiled by Louis Philippe, wc were the lirst acquain
tance he made in the country ; and his first evening
in the United States, was spent at our table in com
pany with General Scott and other guests. This cir
cumstance was the cause of seeing so much of him
while in this country; and we subsequently saw a
great deal of him in London. The result of our in
tercourse was a conviction, that he was’ a man of a
far greater talent than the world gave him credit for,
and that considering the peculiar character of the
French people, it was impossible to predict bis future.
There was one man in England, however, who foresaw
and predicted the fti'ure ot Louis Napoleon; and that
man was the late Sir Hubert Peel. iif saw more of
the exile than any ol the statesmen of England; and
he not on'y declared him to boa man of extraordinary
talent, but boldly predicted, that if he lived. If u aft
l:nr t illy fc at ‘t e head oft <e Frmh A< lion. And
whether it was to propitiate his friendship for Engiand,
or because of the pleasure he derived from intercourse
with lmn, it is certain that Sir Holier* Peal was ex
tremely kind to Louis Napoleon; and would, if living,
have exercised a good influence on the relations here
after to exist between the fu tire Emperor of to
French and the Government of England.”
A little further oil, hi the course of some specula
tions as to whether the policy of the new Emperor
will be peace or war with his neighbors, the Courier
says:
“That there is danger 1o England from Invasion by
France admits of no qeustion ; and to demonstrate that
we have long had good reason for knowing that
the Northern Bowers are aiding the schemes of Louis
Nopoleon at the same time that they jvrettwl to dep
recate his usurpations, we feel authorized to lay before
the public the following extract from an official dis
patch w ritten by us to our government, and dated Vi
enna, March stii, !ssn.”
“in relation to French matters there is no difference
of opinion among the well-informed. All agree that
Europe has no prospect of permanent peace so long
as France continues to be a Republic in name, while
in point of tact.it is an odious Military Despotism.
It is equally apparent, that Louis Najoleon will n r
</• 1,1 to fly xnrnnttr fit- /racer fu live poxexxx; an
white lo trIU sale,n tto tin form* of an election, if
tain tfheiny r.-choxen I’cexidnt, he >r ll ax otiainly,
in a.nv event, mai’e an ait mot thrcwjh the Army, to
restore the Em r ike. And I may add that while
another would be preferred, yet all parties, and all the
trnmevlx in Europe, a\nil n.o/ter aid in/funny him at
tin hold if the Empi e, ibtm to witness a continuation
of the French Republic.”
This, it must be recollected, was written nearly
two years before the grand coup d'etat of the second of
December last. That was the commencement of the
verification of our prediction; and we added, that *.n
any erent he would make an attempt to declare the
Empire.’ In human probability, the Empire will be
formally declared in France this day ; and it will not
only be done with the true sanction of Raxxia and
Austria ; but whoever lives to write the secret hi.--
torv of that proceeding, w ill record that the combi
nation against England which ’ l now that Lord Pal
mers* on defeated m I*so by luUtty threat viny to xtrip
Attxfr .a if her Italian po*i-*xi<tnx, has been virtually re
vived and made operative by a secret understanding
with Louis Napoleon, not at all favorable to the future
welfare if England.”
i'l om the .\<te 1 uric O stn er.
Stone to Aaron Burr.
Tliecemeton at Princeton, Now Jersey, is one of the
most interesting in the United States. Within this o!<!
country burying-grotind lie entombed the remains of the j
mighty dead ; men of whom the world was not worthy.
Princeton is classic ground, sacred to the Christian
scholar as well as to the Christian patriot.
Here are the remains of Jonathan Edwards, Samuel
Davis, Samuel Stanhope Smith, Ashbel (Ween, Rev.
Autoti Buit, Dr. Miller, John Witherspoon, and the
late lamented Dr. Alexander, whose memory is still so
fresh with us all.
These, indeed, were laborers who will bring 1 their
sheaves with them, for they were mighty in the harvest
reapers for our Lord. To tlie Christian these are names
precious. They still live. “Their works do follow
them.” They have left great legacies to the church—
“epistles known and read of ail men.”
Here side by side, of all that was mortal, are six
of the Presidents of Nassau Hall, and with them a
cenotaph, erected by ihe college to the memory of
President Finley, who died and was buried in Phila
delphia.
At the foot of the graves of Rev. Aaron Burr and ■
Jonathan Edwards, lie the mouldering bones of Aaton
Burr, Jr., here at his own request, buried at the foot of
the graves of those two great and good men, one his
father, the other his grandfather—worthy, noble sires.
For years the grave of Aaron Burr lias been left
without a stone to mark his last resting. A few month’
ago a stranger visited Princeton, and inquired it am
one could show the grave of Aaron Burr. He was di
rected to the sunken, long neglected grave, that has
for years been speechless, at the too? of the graves ot
the Rev. Aaron Burr, and Jonathan Edwards, whose
marble has long told of their greatness.
Before that day had passed away a plain but neat,
rich marble monument coldly and sadly told with spai
tanic briefness his obituary. The stranger mysttriom
l v disappeared. He left no name for a clue to the strange
act. His ottering hud been given to the memory of the
dead, and his heart was satisiied. lie did not wish tin.
world to prize or censure his motives. The giave ot
Buit was no longer to be that ot tut outcast. Thank:
to the stranger that raise ! dis monument over the long
neglected grave of Colonel Aaron Buit. if a relative
or friend lie could have found no better inscription than
in these lew words that he gave to flie departed:
AARON BURR,
Born Febnury nth, 17 i>.
Died Sept. t4th, thii-'-.
A Colonel in the Army of the Revolution, i
( ice 1 usident of the United Slates
from 18t'l to lsob.
Then and Now.—Fitly years ago. says the Ck-vt
land Hera! I, steamboats were unknown : and now there :
ate 3,000 (pleat on American waters alone. In 1 800
there was not a single railroad in the world ; now there
are 10,000 miles in the United States, and about 22,000
in America and England. Halt a century ago it took
some weeks to convey news from Washington to New
Orleans ; now not as many seconds as it then did weeks. 1
Fifty years ago the most rapid printing press was
worked by hand power; now steam prints 2",U00 pa
pers tut hour on a single press. Now is a gieat fellow,
hut will be much bigger half a century hence.
’ *?■’ Daniel Webster once said—“J think the Duke
(| f Wellington is the greatest man I have yet seen.”—
Kir alter Scott made the same remark, and almost iu
the same words.
w-vs” Mr.. John Greenough, the painter of Massachu
setts, died in Paris, France, on the 16th nit. lie was
buried hi Montmatie. Mr. Groenyugh was brother of
Horatio Greenough, the celebrated sculptor.
The Hon. Win. A. Graham, of North Carolina,
has consented to deliver a lecture before the New York
Historical Society.
California Agriculture.
We find in the Sacramento Un in of the 15th of Oc
tobir, the results of an Agricultural Fair held at tint
. place. In an address by Dr. John F Morse, he sums
up the prominent items of the Exhibition. The foil wing
uav lx.* interesting to many of our Agricultural read
. ers They show that wealth may be obtained in Gali
■ ifotnia in other pursuits than by burrowing in tlie earth
for gold. Indeed, one m.gHt suppose, from these state
.iients, that the greatest deposites of wealth were the
fields devoted to Agriculture. In Ihe opening of bis
address, be makes several allusions to the eminent
statesmen of our country, as Agricultural s, from which
w e make brief extracts. He says:
“ First and always paramount, is that name which
we all regard as a deathless eulogy upon human great
)ess —ljhOtlOE Washington.
The interest that this wonderful man manifested for
igrieulnire, and his truthful conceptions of itsimpot
tance to national pn#sperity, must now be regaidetl as
.iie richest source of eutenaimneut to husbaiidmei:.
“Next to Washing on, in a devotional inteiest m the
•ause of Agricultnie and Home Industry, stands the
ike iuimoria! came of Henuv t i.ai. _
“Bui llenrv Glay wa* not a more cnfliusiast'c Farm
■r than that'sagacious and gigantic sta esman, .S.las
\Vrigid, who, from the facil.ty and dignily with w h eh
,ie was continually changing his Senatorial ami farni
•l ’s dress, wits denominated the “Cincinatus ot Amer.-
ta.” In the humblest yet most exalted sense was this
nan a farmer —lint aiheoretic.il one, but a hard-work
ing, unosten'atious, prac ical husbandman.
You mav remember upon one occasion, after retiring
rom a session of the N.’ional Senate, he was quietly
-ngaged ploughing a held proximate to the road, w hen
ie° was rudely accosted by a gloved gentleman on
uitseba.k ill the following language: “I say, old fellow,
am you tell me where 1 can find the house of the Hon.
vilas SY l ight ?’
But then Silas Wright was no more the earnest advi -
ate and practical supporter of Agriculture as a science,
hail were the immortal Calhoun and Adams, or than
ire the equally illustrious Cass, Buchanan and Web- I
iter.
“ The eloquent congratulations of the old patriot
‘ass to the agriculturists of Michigan, the kindly en
couragements of the renowned Buchanan ot the Key
stone Suite to his constituents, and the warm comming
lings of the colossal Webster w ith the tanners of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, are bright and gleani
ng encouiunts the claims of Agriculture w hich
lie adversity of a thousand vears cannot suilv or (oblit
erate. *’ * * * * *
“ We will call your aitention to some of the general
results of husbandly in our immediate vicinity, and by
base von can at a glance perceive the power of Cali
brnia* Agriculture as a a source of wealth. Fits;, we
•efer yoiftnMaj. Bennett, an enterprising tiirmer upon
he American liver. This gentleman cultivates 100
tores ot land, 30 acres devoted to garden vegetables,
uid tin acres devoted to grains, lie employs ten men
is laborers, and from his gard en alone, sends one load of
vegetables daily to this city, and from two to three loads
per week to the mines. ‘That sent to ihe city yields
iiim $45 per load ; that conveyed to the mines ?14< per
load. Total receipts from the garden alone ssl*s per
week.
This gentleman has contributed to the Fair a squash
weighing l"*j., pounds, and from one vine he has gatli
•reiT in weight of squashes 1511* pounds. Maj. Bennett
urges the necessity < f d>e / plomjniny.
Messrs. Smith & Barker, two energetic farmers upon
he American river, cultivate 50acres; 50 acres devoted
o garden vegetables; employ teu men and bring to
our city, from this source alone, two loads per day, av
eraging s3o per load. These gentlemen also stren
lously urge the use of the sub-soil ploughs.
Mr. South wick, a gentleman who has paid a most
commendable attention to the dairy business, gives us
lie follow ing report:
j lie keeps 145 cows; employs eight men at a cost of
, fcfioo jier month in the aggregate. He sells per day
175 gallons of milk at $1 per gallon, yielding him a
uiomhlv income of 85,250, or an auuual revenue from
ibis source alone of $54,000.
Next we would like to direct your attention to the
magnificent results of agricultnie trader the bold and
i.energetic patronage of ourtwortliy Mayor, Gen. Hi tch
! inson. Fate in tTic season he commenced the culiiva
* tion of *i'(* acres of land on Putah Greek. From this
1 irea he raised an average of 5 U busies of barley
to the acre, the average weight per bifthrl being
i2 pounds. Total yield in bushels 44, **‘o; total yield
n weight 4.4".’ ,15**0. The value of ibis immense crop j
it four cents per pound, would amount to an aggre
gate of $ 1,554,00.
Next allow me to call your attention to the agricul
tural efforts of J. M. 11. mixer, Esq., of S o Jose i alley. •
Mr. Horner, on 40<i acres raised i(5,- m>■- bushels of hat
ley; a:i average ol so bushels to the acre. From 3 0
acres he harvested au average of 4-> bushels per acre.—
Fiom the 5 in acres he received an aggregate of 45,
bushels; one and a half million pounds; or, in value
about .j4o,noi’ at present prices.
Mr. Horner also cultivated 150 acres ilevoled to po
atues, yielding an average of 3'-".* bushels per acre,
.mil an aggregate of 5 5,500 bushels, or ai j.reseut pr:-
:es, $4 per bushel, yielding a revenue oi $25 V***•'. In
addi'on, hug. crops cl'wi. a* and oais, stadstics not
re* received.
Mi . E. L. Heal'd, also of .Sa.u Jose Valley, anodier
•very limi ed cultivator of the soil, app.ivipriated .440 1
icres to barley, w heat and oats; average yield per acre ■
• i'* bushels, total amount 4,',0i -o bushels, or i ,;;•><•,• • “ lbs.
,ln addition to this are 440 acres of potatoes, averaging
*SO bushels per acre. Total amount tis,ir .0 bushels,
aggregate amount in value s4tiiy**>o. And, again, this
.nugniticent husbandman has raised in addition to the
above 140,1*00 lbs. of onions; ‘.**',oo<* lbs. grapes; 44
icres of cabbages.
In addition to these general descriptions and statistics
if crops, we wish to invite the world's attention to the
following products, which arc now on exhibition at
Jol. Warren’s Hall:
Weight. CuTUH'f. j
JA squash from Maj. Bennett, P's lbs, 0 ft. > in.
“ “ Maj. Bennett, 95 “ 5“ 8 “
\ “ “ Dmuiman A Cos., 70 “ s“t> “
Two squashes from Mr. Horner:
i 92 “ t “ 3 “
87 “ 5 “ :* “
From 11. B. Crist, three watermelons weighing 44,
40 aiid 36 lbs.
Potatoes from Mr. Horner, 4)4 lbs. each.
Potatoes from E. L. Heard—a bushel, averaging 3
lbs. each.
, Onions from Bunion & Co’s: One weighs 4)4 lbs.,
and is 22 inches in circumference. Sixty weigh 110
] p'ouuds.
Twenty onions from Mr. Homer weighs 6s lbs.
Beets 7),4 feet long ftotn Suiitli, Barber A Cos.
Fri ni Dr. J.ogan one beet measuring 42 inches in cir
cumferencc and weighing 4” lbs. Also o:ie weighing
3o lbs.
A cabbage from Cant. J. Beam with 25 well fonned
heads.
A cabbage from Mr. Horner weighing3o lbs. with 13
heads, and the main head in the center, measuring in
circumference 45 inches. Also, from Mr. Horner, one
weighing 3o lbs., and another 23 lbs.
From Mr. Bunion a cabbage weighing 2d lbs. and 23
inches in circumference.
Tomatoes 2 lbs. each from Homer A Bunion.
A turnip weighing 15 lbs., and measuring 22 inches
in circumference.
One of ID lbs. and 24 inches in circumference, from
Downieville.
And one of i! lbs., and 23 inches in circumference,
raised by the Rev. O. ( Wheeler. This turnip was ex
hibited as illustrative of the benefit of throwing up and
y la-ifitiff i.t til, &nlwo l. The seed, fttrni.'hed by W arren
i A Cos. froiti ihe Patent Office was deposited in loose earth
taken from three feet below the surface on the 2 th of
July last, without any pieparatiou—no watering or
care of any kind. Pulled for the Fair October :; d.
Cotton and Cotton Picking. —Some twenty-live or
thirty years ago the parish of Iberville, and the country
around Baton Rouge, was considered the heart of the
cotton-growing region, and its northern limit was not
believed to extend higher than the mouth of the Yazoo
River. When the tine lands on Lake Washington,
Washington comity, Mississippi, were tirsf settled it was
considered a hazardous experiment to plant cot ton there,
Trout the apprehensions of early frosts, end planting on
the Mississippi, above the month of the Arkansas, was
too precarious to be thought < f by any planter south
of Vicksburg.
A great change has taken place either in the climate,
or, what is more probable, in the acclimation of the
plant. It is now gn wti successfully even above Meiu
• phis, and the mouth of Arkansas River may be set down
| as the centre of the cotton growing region of the delta.
’ A bale to the acre, (45b lbs. net) is the average product
>f that whole district, while the lands in Iberville and
Salon Rouge, formerly so productive, have ceased to
.field tlte cotton planter a good return, hut have greatly
nigmented iu value by the extraordinary adaptation to
lie sugar cane and the astonishing yield of that staple,
wen on soils apparently exhausted, and which had li -
•rally refused to produce eit .ter cot on or corn.
These are curious results, well vvt riliy of scientific in
vestigation.—Ai O. C-.ntritr.
Jry?” The following hit at the tire missing counties of
Virginia, is from ihe Philadelphia linllt-n. Those
•o.mties (saysihe Richmond A o-r,i are among the
tost intelligent and cultivated .n the Stale. They do
lot merit the rob’iff, but we should like to see ihe ton.-
■listuoners ot elections more careful a .and piompt bere
ft er. The failure of a few counties may, in acloselt
on tested election, lead to the most important, and even
‘iiinful and perilous ecu sequences:
(): k own Jai*an.—lt is a moirh since the Prcsiden l
til election took place, and vet there are live counties
n the State of Virginia that have not been heard lroni.
■t begins to be donb'ed whether the people of these
, immties have voted lor a President, or who her they
bur e not seceded from the Union and set up for them- |
I selves anew lepublie, or perhaps an empiie, since teat
is the prevailing fashion. Now, we ask, is it light and
I is it in conformity with the law of nations, that any por
j tion of :he settled girls- should shut itself out in tli s
j we.’, i'ioiii all e rmmuuicaiion with the rest of mankuid ?
! V\ ho knows bu: di it this ‘m’u.o vn ami u:iex.do:efi re
gion embraced iu the tive counties may be a mighty
and rich piovince, vvi h which a vast commerce may be
established with the United States? Wo hope the
President, in his message, will bring the lna’tcr
to the attention of Congress, and urge the import
ance of organizing an expedition, for which that to Ja
jian may form a precedent, with the view ot opening an
intercourse domestic Japan. It siiotu t be
provided with a specimen of a railroad, ti locomotive
engine, and magnetic 1 e'ogvuph, and lilt's ot our own
and other journals. And if the exclusive inhabitants
should forbid it ail entrance, then some measures should
I*‘ taken for sending thither at n tally an embassy ol
Phtne kind, like the annual Dutch ship Japan, carrying
with it an annual paper containing the news for the en
lightenment of tlie inhabitants as to the year's doings
ot the outside barbarians. It is a matter of doubt
whether the people of the-e five Counties have heard of
the. abdication of Louis Phiilippe, or the discovery ol
California gold. They have certainly uot heard of the
deaihof Wellington, the re-establishment of tin French
Empire, or the election of Pierce and King.
The Siamese Twins.
Many persons who, in tlavs gone h“ Hr* ....
hve.v interest in the weifue of Mrs s F *
Bniiucrs, the cclebi-uted Siamese Twit s, .L- ‘?
to learn Ocit these geatleaien are w.-ll -.la V
Mount Airy, in l!.is\sun T com,-. ?
liieir w ives and childrtn. ‘ ‘ by
-***'• k'ug Iras six and Mr. Chang r . j
whom are apt schedars and reiiu k.il ‘ *
the strongest ; (.<> hJ*, .1 ‘'“J-’’ 1 .
lessons. Ito secuVe'ihe good w.H ‘(, /,! ‘ 11 - ir
They all partake s:rough of ihe most ratine.l s ‘!
cast ot eountui >.nce, lbnn ami manner of V’ , es ®
thcnisches. In truth, they are a credit to ilu i- CZT?
and the community in which they live. Pleats
Messis Clung and Eng are alike remarkable f„,.i •
lndu-.lry and belligerent dispositions. Tim, ’"‘T
aid lixiiGiigh-go.ng bus n<s raen, a.id uxiv'to -1- !’' Ct
turtuoate w ight w ho da-e-s to in aih tiiem. un *
Funnel ly they resided in Wilkes county, hut j n
sc jtieuee of the numerous actious a-snii ~■ ‘ ‘
tevy bt ought agtinst hem in the countv, thev rt-ni/ 1 I
Hi the adjoining ciinniy, shorttv af.er which'th-’ J,,
till -I Si,, unil cos's at Rockibrd, ihe county
spli tmg a board ituo splimcrs over the I>. ail of
who h 1 ins died them. ‘ “ l
As regards h - ippused symra'liy e .is in • between
them, it may be siaied that ilieir most infir i e „ f .
quaintances deem them to be entirely independent of
evt ry thing of the kind, and give us instances to sustain
1 heir opinion, that not long since they attended an unc
tion sale of hogs, and bid against each other till they
ran up the prices altoge her above the inurket rates -V
Also, that < none occasion Mr. huger ( h mg, was r ; ,k n
ill and took to his bed, where he lay
some time, although his brother scolded Inni scvei,.iv
all the while for detaining him in bed when U-* eu dit
to have been attending to the business of tlie iilantu
tion.
On another occasion as they were passing up the r..ad
a gentlr-maa inquired ot them where they weregoino-—L
w heieupon Mr. Eng replied, “i am going over ttiebiue
Ridge m the stage;” at the same instant Mr. Chang
looking over his shoulder, replied with an arch sunk.’
“I am going back home to look after our wives and
children.” When questioned about their mother some
time since by an acquaintance, they stated that thev
fo:mealy received letters from her, but latterly they
had heard no tidings of her, and even if they were to
receive letters from her written in the Siamese lan
guage, they would not be able to read them, as thev
had forgotten their mother tongue.
They are excellent hands to carry up a corner of a
log house -exceeding all their neighbors in cu'tin *
saddles and notches in corner logs—both of them
wielding the axe w ith a power ami dexterity superioi
to any of the most exj ert wood-..-utters in lliis wooden
country. When they chop or right, thev do so double
handed; and in driving a horse or chastising their ne
groes, both of them use the lash without merey.
A geutlemati win purchased a black ui.in ’a sh ir:
time ago from them, informed the writer he was j), e
worst whipped negro lie ever saw.” They are invete
rate suiokeis and ehewers of tobrcco—e.;chehew in -his
own quid and smoking iiis own pipe; it has been re
marked, however, in support of die si .q atln sunjH,-
sed to prevail tlniinghom their v tot ns, that'as a
oral rule, w hen one lakes a frt uid, the ither d>>cs
the same. It is also generally ~i..fitted that there is a
marked difference in the systems and teumerumeats of
the gentlemen, but .stdl they almost in v .riabh. dratv
the same inference from topics submitte ! totheircon
sideiation, and arrive at simdar con isi . Mr. Erg
n>t infrequently gives serious oftbm to .r. Chang, by
jesting him about his having one n. re child than he
iias. When shoo i:ig, t/si i t hey are very fond of.)
one sights or takes aim, ana it. other, iit is said, ■ pulls
the trigger; now if Ins be t.uc, it would go fa: to
prove the doctrine of supposed sympatliy existing be
tween the brothers, but it is questioned by most of the
neighbors.
They readily admit and acknowledge themselves to
entertain a strong Christian faith or belief, and are reg
ular attendants at church and other religious meetings,
where they dej nrt themselves as becomes good citizens
ol tlie land of their adoption. Thev are strong politi
cians, and take a lively interest in ail elections thu: oc
cur in their district. As the writer was informed bv
a lady of Mount Airv, “they are mighty stav at home
people”—rarely ever going from home unless called
away by business. — r<tneU.-may , { -il C.) Patriot.
The Siamese Twins.— Somebody, under the signa
ture ot I)., recently w rote a communication concerning
the Siamese twins, w hich was published in the Greens
borough Jiitt lot, and copied m many papers tleough
out the country. The twins have since come out iii a
card, correcting ihe misrepresentations contained in the
commitaication referred to. They say that it is true
they live in Surrey con ary, surrounded by their wires
ami children, and that one is blessed w ith more ot diese
“little ivspoii.-ibdwies than the other, but that i* is or was
ever unpleasant” to either of them needs i o denial .n
that community. They also state tltat the ream; as
s;gned fur iheit removal from iVilkes to Surrey county
is false; tliat they never were iinlie* ed for split <iug a
board into s:;Livers overtiie heal •. f some \ -oil that
insulted them; that they have, :u reality, omv appeared
on the -Stale docket once, whet, they were lined six-
pence and cos's ; and that they had no difficulty of
I that kind with, any man, woman, or child, Suitw
couniy ; and luive eiubvivcred to livo s. li-.-rtv, ;io i- ;■',
and in peace with aK. the gi>xl citi/. v; *„j the eoumr...
They never iniiitmau;dv ckasiised a negro, ami then
* sold him. The statement to titit edict is an itifamous
j falsehood. They receive from the people of Wilkes, as
: well as Sun oy co”.aty.nethiug blit *!ie kindest treatment,
j They are partner;- in. taa-incss, and are consequently not
i often guilty of bidding against each other for any spe
j cies of projierty. Finally, they say they do not know
i the correspondeiit I). aforesaid,and if his eonuuuuicu
: ’ion is anything like a fair index of his character, they
wish no furdier acquaintance. To the communication
of the twins is attached a certificate front a number of
citizens of Surrey county, testifying to their good char
acter, peaceable demeanor, and strict integrity in all
their intercourse and business; and also to the truth of
the statements set forth i.i their letters. From ail
which it appears that ihe twins are respectableamlor
dei ly citizens of our State, and ought not to be made
the subjects of inisiepresentatititi or impertinent curios
ity.— iriimlmjU.A (A. C-) Jv raid.
Good-T vst”. —The following very happy and e juu’dy
true sketch is from the London fjun.r rh/:
“You see this lady turning a cold eye to the assur
ances of shopmen and the recommendation of mil
liners. She cares not how original a pattern mav be if
it be ugly, or how recent a shape if it be awkward.—
Whatever fashion dictates, she follows of her own, and
i- never behind it. .She weirs very beautiful things
which pe pie generally sup,nine lob; brought tom
Paris, or at le tsi made by a French milline . In: which
as often arc brought from the nearest town and made
up by her own maid. Not that her costume is either
rich or new—on the contrary, she wears many a cheap
dress, but it is always good, “die deals in no gaudy
confusion of colors, nor does she affect a studied sobrie
ty; but she either enlivens you with a spirited contrast
or composes you with judicious harmony. Not a scrap
of tinsel or trumpcTy appears upon her. She puis no
faith in velvet bands, or gilt buttons, or twisted com
ings. Slie is quite aware, however, that ihe garnish is
as important as the dress; all her inner borders and
headings are delicate and fresh, and should any thing
peep out wlFc’i is not intended to be seen, it is elite as
much so as 1 ha? which is. After all, there is no great
art either in her fashions or her material. The secret
simply consists in knowing the three uufiies of her
dress—her own station—her own age, and her own
points; and no woman dtesses well c udoes nob Af
ter this we need not say that wh o r i- attracted by
the costume will bes disappointed b;. he wearer. She
ma. no be handsome or accomplish*.- hut we will an
swer for her being even-temper., weli iu armed,
thoi ■ouglily sen-able—a complete lady.
Li nch Boon in the (‘apitoi..—The best lunch to be
had in the “city of magnificent fiis ances,” is in ihe
Lunch room at the Capitol. The’ ulers of die uuvo -
sill Cotton Plant must not be surprised to hear iir; ,
within the walis ot'the Capitol t ’i- great republic,
there is just as snug and cozy at- , . ant as is to bo
found anywhere in the world. Here chubby looking
pigs, that seem to have been caught fas tlte artists have
it) and cooked in the agonies of death; tmki” -d
chickens kicking up their legs; >'ncks with fold; ‘
wings; beef beautifully roasted: 1- “ ineha :m ague; ’
suspicious looking bottles; loo; ,ed do; silverca;-
|Hii do; block do; blue do; gre , ; short do; square
<lo ; and stout do; with eggs, ai 1 . no r, and eoll'ee,
and sugar, Ac., Ac., are cougre; i.d to satisty “the as
sembled wisdom, that all’s rigli in.thectiuntry. iThe
toast pig, which looks us though it hud died of apoplexy,
shi nvs that.)
It is a marvellous sight to see Gen. Cass ami Gen.
Rusk talking over the “Texas boundary” with their
mot'.iis full of bread and butter; to see Soule and Sum
ner cU-a-ei* over the agonizing turkey; to deliberate
upon the sublimity of Seward, preferring his fingers to
a fork, as he munches away at the “drumstick” of a
chicken, (of which he is fond.) I say it is a marvelous
sight.
Just fancy Old Jacinto and Borland, after a :il in ?h®
Senate, to a breathless audience.
lions; n—“ Borland, I rather got you on the con-s'i*
tu-fion-al”—(his voice lost in a huge mouthful of roast
beef and dry crackers. > ,
j : rii- ..-/—“I don't know, exactly—(piece of pickle i—
l think the Constitution is cleat on the point. Ficee ot
ham. i Theiemav be some slight modification —brut *
and. and wafer , due th question in ail its iXyansiont—
if bu; t t'.:’ the tower button of bis waistcoat bin I lit
of opinion, Gcmer.i’—i:mo'her piece cf ham)— that you
are iv tong finishes Hi” hrandv sod.water, i .
Ju.'t behind the-e, liale is making Hunter lau runts
eves on*, win!.’ i:i the comer you will see a c<>u; le of
Cabinet men th- nto.rtiuri oft!- A hiiinsfr t on ’
witn the Speaker mingling the probabilitj’ of a ‘ var
with Knglaud with a ‘U.dy’ that would even tempt Tain
Houston.
The room is always open, hnt cor.dttcU 1 with gre a
propriety.
There arc many o'her‘nice littla things aboo. me
Cat.iuJ. Cotton Plant.
T:.t: SxAir. Teviir is Fit—M'” 1.-ira o ‘ •
Parisian contemporaries that the sna.l is becoming
tksiiii'itabh’ ar eie of diet, and that for sevc- ‘al tiio'.i I.’
past a pariicular oktee !us been aj>: ropria’e 1 for dte>t
sale itt ttie Palis ti.-h-niarket, in the sonfb-.'as! 1 .
near the lobsters and J) e.'h wafer fisli. “ SnmK (''A’
one of the FretKh journals, “were highly es.t-e:. v
the Homans, oar masters in gastionontv, an 1 •• 1
now raised in mauv of the deisinnieuts witlt su-'-es.^
In the 16. h cenutry the Capuchins, <•( Fribourg, rvco
ered the uri of breeding and iiitfe&mg -uafi-.
wi.idi is not lost in our day; for in tranc.K'-’ t'.’) 1
i.orraine and Ihirgun.ly, they raise exivUcm )
which find a sure demand in the Paws maike>. “
are uow tilt v restaurants, anti more than .
dred private tables in Pars, where smuis ate •>. < e
as a delicacy, front cigiit thousand to ten jb ,mv , scfc ,
suriiets. The monthly coasumptioa ot tb)”
is estimated at half a million- The markeyl 1 |, u;i .
great viiieva.d suails. is front 2t. -Me. to -J. .>■ c -. Jg
dred, wiiiie those ot the hedges woou> mm
bring only from i4. to i ; f. iie
snaiiery in the vicinity of Dijon is sawl -o m •
francrt annually.