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NO HUMBUG!
But one of the Best Remedies for Rmccl
lie rangement ever yet Discovered !
DR. WOODRUFF’S
DYSENTERY CORDIAL,
For Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Mor
bus, Cholera Infantum and Summer
Complaints of Children.
TT1IIIS invaluable Remedy has now been in use
JL some six or seven years in the South. Its ef
fects frequently are so speedy and beneficial, that
very many are led to exclaim, ‘ It actslike a charm."
It is specially suited to a warm climate, prepared
particularly for it, and for a icing time tested in it
with the best of success.. It is offered ns one of the
best remedies for bowel complaints, and is superior
to Opium, from the fact, that while it checks exces
sive and watery discharges, it corrects and regulates,
at the same time, the secretions of the system, restor
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liver and Secretory Organs generally. Linearly eve
ry case, it relieves pains immediately on being ta
ken, allays Nausea at the stoir h, and Irritability of
the bowels, relieves burning sensation of the stom-
achand bowels, thirst, tenesmus, or bearing down sen
sation of the bowels, cramps, resilesnoss, &c., &c.
Jt can be administered to young or old, in any quan
tity, with perfect safety, and may be truly|regarded as
a Restorative to Nature when the human frame has
been prostrated by disease.
TESTIMONIALS OF ITS VALUE.
Columbus, Geo., 1845.
We, the undersigned, having made use of Dr.
Wondrntrs Dysentery Cordial oil ourselves, or in
our families, and some of us for years, are prepared
to testify to its value and excellence. In all bowel
derangements, we find it to be speedy in its effect,
giving relief generally as soon as taken, and curing
entirely, inn very short time. It has a high reputa
tion in this city and vicinity, and is in very general
use. VVe believe it to be a safe and efficient reme
dy; and all that the proprietor says of it, which can
not be said in regard to Patent Medicines generally!
We are satisfied that it is no humbug, but a valuable,
safe, and efficient remedy for the diseases above
named.
A. N Worthy, M. D., Macon citv, Ala.
John M.Betlntne, -r
Columbia
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Rev. Caleb VV. Key, Savannah, Ga. Conferance.
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Hon. John H. Howard, Columbus, Georgia.
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quainted with the Gentlemen in the foregoing list,
(with some two exceptions,) and that theii certificate
is worthy of all confidence; and 1 can also state that
1 have used Dr. Woodruff’s Dysentery Cordial in
my faintly, and found it efficacious—Given under
ruy band, this 28th day of July, 1845.
B. BEASLEY, Clerk.
Important Testimony f—An Inveterate Case
Cured with One and a Half Bottles of the
Cordial!!
Dr. Woodruff :
Dear Sir,—For the benefit of the afflicted,I make
the following statement relative to your Dysentery
Cordial: In the spring of 1844, my wife was attack
ed with Dysentery, which proved to be of a very in
veterate character, and which, notwithstanding we
applied every Remedy in [common use, it continued
with increasing violence till the latter part of the fol
lowing August; it seemed now that she could not
Lee mwh lunger, and l had despaired of her recovery
About this time, iny eye caught the advertisement of
your Dysentery Cordial, I immediately obtained a
bottle from your Agent, which, to my surprise and
gratification, checked the progress of the disease;
and by using one bottle, and part of another, a per
fect cure teas performed.
. JONES BROWN.
Marion county, Ga., Au<*. 5, J645.
A Hopeless Case Cured.
Dr. Woodruff:
Dear Sir,—A remarkable cure having been effect
ed in the case of one of my children by the use of
your valuable Dysentery Cordial, I fed it hot justice
to you, that I should give you a statement of the case
for publication. My child was attacked early in the
year with disordered bowels, which continued gradu
ally to get worse, until it was reduced ta a perfect
skeleton, and by the family was given up a« a hope-
less case. Every remedy in common use had been
resorted to. but without any benefit. This was i.s
condition when we commenced using your Cordial.
Its benefit was immediate and permanent—it improv
ed rapidly, and now enjoys good health. Your Cor
dial, without doubt, has saved its life. Let all try it
that need such a Remedy, and they will not reppnt it.
Respectfully, J. C. BALDYVIN.
Russell Co., Ala., Dec. 8, 1845.
0*Forsale by MARTIN E. EDWARDS,
Milledgeville, Ga.
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Co., Sparta; II. S. Ceeman, Mt. Zion, Hancock
county; Moses Daniel. Irwinton, Wilkinson county;
Francis S. Johnson, Clinton; A. R. Jackson &, Co.,
Eatouton; Hurd & Hungerford, Monlicello; and in
the most of the counties of the State.
April 13,1846. 44
VOL. XVII.
.UJLLEBCEYILLE, GEORG K»l, JIJJ\'E 16, ISM.
NO. 1.
A fi It IC17 L T U li A L.
From the A merican Agriculturist.
TOO MUCH LAND.
During a recent excursion in this and
some of tlie New England States, I was*
struck with the comparative sterility of the
land which misdit l*y proper cultivation be
come “the garden < 4 the world.” Instead
of seeing fields of wheat bearing thirty
bushels to the acre, we find scarcely twelve
to fifteen in the yield; where two tons of
hav should be cut,.hardly one is the pro
duct; where thriving fruit trees might be
expected, bending beneath the weight of
their delicious fruit, our eyes are pained by
the sight of gnarled, stunted and half dead
trees, scarcely able to sustain the life of the |
few curled up leaves that come forth as if j
to reproach their owners by the sight of j
their consumptive appearance. If they had
tongues to speak how bitterly they would
complain of their treatment. Is it because
nature is so misetly that she does not re
ward man for the labor he bestows on Iter,
or because man will not let her yield a
bountiful supply in reward for his labor?
What is the cause of this steiility, ami the
complaints of the farmers that they cannot
make a living, though they have hundreds
of acres at their command? It is evident
tlie fault is with themselves. They attempt
the cultivation of loo much land.
Our farmers have from fifty to five hun
dred acres under what they call cultivation.
Still thev are in debt, and in many cases the
more they possess the worse they aro off.
Their land is scattered far and near. Two
acres here and ten there, instead of being
compact toget! er. In this manner, more
time they often lose in going from one to
another, in the building fences for other
people and keeping out the cattle, than the
whole income of the land amounts to. I
have myself lost more time in this way in a
single year, than it would take to keep ten
acres in the finest condition.
What is the remedy? Sell half of your
land and spend the proceeds of it on the re
mainder, and thus make what you have,
yield a liberal income. Depend upon it,
there is no course so suicidal as owning and
attempting to cultivate two hundred acres,
when you can hardly do justice to one hun
dred. Suppose, for instance, a mart has fif
ty acres of naturally good land and he has
hut a certain amount of mature, time, &c.,
to use in its cultivation, which i.s not enough
to keep it in heart, or to pay that attention
to rotation of crops, which it requires, is it
not evident that the land, the owner, or
whoever is connected with it must suffer?
Would not all intelligent persons condemn
such a couse? Y”ct how many such instan
ces are to he seen all around us? I believe
it would for the interest of many farmers
even to give away a portion of their land,
rather than have so much in their care.
Self-interest tells us it is the policy of such a
man to sell what he cannot properly use, for
he would gain time to devote to the remain
der, money to purchase all it required, his
crop would yield in double ratio, his land
increase in value as it increased in fertility,
and thus he would be in every way bene-
fitted.
I have seen acres of the best land, over
run with daisies, mullcns, and other noxious
plants, that root out the grass, and eat up
the life of the soil, without affording nour
ishment to either man or beast, which might
by a little attention yield a rich harvest.
But the farmer has no time to attend to it,
and the land becomes wot so titan useless;
for it is self-evident that land must either
there is no middle way—it must afford a
profit or be an expense.
Look again at the swamp and meadow
lands, with which nur country abounds, that
are not only worthless, but causing sickness
and death in the vicinity. All these might
be reclaimed and made the most productive
lands, by a small outlay of capital; the own
ers have neither, because they have too
much land already calling for their atten
tion. The muck contained in these places,
can be made to pay better interest than
bank-notes. Yes, if properly used, it may
he made the farmers mine of wealth.
This leads me to inquire how are our
lands to be rightly cultivated? I reply, bv
using the experience of those who have stu-
died°the chemical formation of soils, and the
effect which different manures have on dif
ferent soils. Much time is lost and land in
jured, by the farmer not knowing the rela
tive value of his manures and the theory of
rotation of crops, which might be saved by
the expenditure of a little time and money
in procuring and reading agricultural books
and papers.—There is too much ofthe sav
ing a cent and losing a dollar economy in
ibis age. When the time shall have arriv
ed, that men will be willing to study the
theory and practice of farming in all its de
tails, then shall we see agricultural pursuits
elevated to a proper standing, and yielding
a profit that will rejoice the hearts of all.
Gardening.—There is not in life a more
delightful occupation than gardening. To
breathe the pure atmosphere of Spring, to
prepare the beds and borders for vegeta
bles, plants and flowers; to sow the seed,
and set out the various slips and cuttings,
arranging every tiling with order and taste,
to look earnestly for the first leaf and bud
and flower; to watch their growth, to enjoy
their beauty and fragrance, to show them to
one’s friends, to talk about them, to have
them admired, and to know that all is the
work of vour hands or directions—this is an
enjoyment scarcely to bo*equallcd, and ac
cessible in this country to all. Let none
then fail to secure it. We always thought
it evidence of a good wife, to see her often
in the garden, and fond of inspecting and
attending to its proper cultivation and man
agement. Depend upon it she is a blessing
to her husband and family. We would ad
vise our young friends, who want to marry,
and they are, in truth, a goodly number, to
avoid those young ladies who seem to have
an aversion to the primitive, useful and
beautiful art of gardening. We never knew
a lady or gentleman, who was extremely
Fond of flowers and shrubbery, who had not
a warm -heart and generous disposition.
[Miss. Guard.
Cure for the Bots.—Considering it to be
the duty of every individual to contribute
all he can to increase the fund of useful in
formation among the farming community, I
give the below a sure and infallible
cure for the Bots in Horses.
This disorder proves fatal to more hors
es than any other to which that noble and
favorite animal is subject. Its symptoms
are stamping with the hind feet, looking
round to the side, lying down, wallowing,
&c.; and on the inside of the upper lip, are
small white lumps which grow more prom
inent as the hot progresses in cutting the
maw.
To cure this disease, take one spoonful of
common salt, one spoonful of gunpowder
and two spoonsful of flour—then scrape
the horse’s upper lip upon the inside: until
it is raw and begining to bleed; and then
rub as much of the aforesaid mixture on it
as will stick to it; after whicli keep the
horse in motion for some time.
The above receipt is to be found in the
Virginia and Maryland Farrier. The wri
ter states that he has been in the habit of
making use of the remedy fir a great num
ber of horses, for more tlmn fifteen years,
and never knew it to fail; and he says he is
so well assured of its efficacy, that he has
no doubt of its always curing, where the
maw is not quite cut tluough. I myself
tried it on several occasions, with the most
complete success, and can safely recom
mend it as one of the best remedies known.
Knoxville Register.
POETRY.
The Voire of Praise.
The sound
Oflcaves and fuming rills,
And the shrill matin song
Of birds on every bough,
Vary to our great Maker still new praise!
j Pur. Lost, Booh v.
Merrily the brooklet dashes,
Swiftly speeding on its way.
And the Summer sunlight flashes
Diamond-like ’mid foam and spray;
Music soft, serene, and low,
As the humming of the bee,—
Murmurs in its rapid flow,
Fraught with simple melody.
Think ye, ns it winds along
Brighten’d by the morning beam,
’Tis a cold unmeaning song
Uttered by the lowly stream ?
No! the voice of love and praise
Speaks in its melodious lays,
And each murmur doth proclaim
Honor to Jehovah’s name!
Softly ’mid the forest sweeping,
List ye to the gentle wind!
Now o’er beds ofvi’lets creeping
Where rich odors are enshrin’d—
Now among the verdant boughs.
Rustling blossom, bud, and leaf;
Sweeping now where deer browse,
O’er the grassy lawn beneath.
Think ye ’tis an idle sound.
Empty and unmeaning air?
Think ye nothing more profound,
By the wind is spoken there?
O I the voice of Praise sincere
Ye in every breeze may hear,
Storms and tempests join to raise
Nature’s general song of Praise.
Through creation’s vast dominion
Echo sounds of grateful prayer:
Where the eagle’s fearless pinion
Boldly cleaves the upper air—
Where the brooklet winds along,
And where humble flowers appear,
Ye may hear the tuneful song,
Fill'd with love and holy fear.
From the smallest plant below,
To the shining stars above;—
Birds that warble, rills that flow,
Are impelled by thankful love.
Man, thou poor, insensate clod,
Kneel and glorify thy God!
Thou uiay’st from the linnet’s lays,
Learn to lisp thy song of Praise.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Recollections of Mexico.
ItY WADDY THOMPSON.
Just published by Wiley Sf Putnam. Nciv York.
Kindness and Courtesy—Society of Dinner Parties
Beauty—Do not Dance well—Charity—ltoutine
of daily Life—Costliness of Dress—In the Streets ;
Women generally smoke—A day in the Country.
Notwithstanding the general prejudice
which existed in Mexico against me when
I first went there, I was treated, although
somewhat coldly, always and by all classes
with the most pet feet respect. In this par
ticular, the higher classes of all countries
are very much alike, hut I doubt whether
there is any other country where the mid-
ling and lower classes are so generally
courteous and polite. There is no country
where kindness and courtesy are more cer
tain to meet with a proper return. It may
be that three hundred years of vassalage to
their Spanish masters may have given the
Indian population an habitual deference and
respect for a race which they have always
regarded as a superior one. No people
are by nature more social, none less so in
their habits. It is not the fashion to give
entertainment^ of any sort. And what I
regarded as a little remarkable, the mera-
beis of the Mexican cabinet, most of whom
were men of fortune and had ample means
at hand, not only never gave entertain
ments, even dinner parties to the members
of the diplomatic corps, hut never even in
vited them to their houses—when invited
to such parties however by any of the for
eign ministers, they never failed to accept
the invitation. With any other people
there would be a seeming meanness in
this. But such was not the case. No peo
ple are more liberal in the expenditure of
money. General Santa Anna had two ve
ry large dinner parties whilst 1 was in
Mexico, and two or three balls ; but I
heard of nothing else of the kind, except
at the houses of the foreign ministers.—
Santa Anna’s dinners were altogether ele
gant, and he presided at them with gieat
■dignity and propriety. On suclt occasions
he was joyous and hilarious. T he compa
ny, without an exception, had the appear
ance and manners of gentlemen ; I sat next
to him on these occasions, and his aides-de-
camp, who were not seated at the table,
would occasionally come to his seat aud
say some playful thing to him. I was
much struck with the style and intercourse
between them ; marked by an affectionate
kindness on his part, and the utmost repect,
but at the same time freedom from restraint
rtpon theirs.
His balls were very numerously attend
ed. The company was by no means se
lect. In fact 1 saw there very few of the
ladies belonging to the aristocracy; but
very many others who had no business
there. This, however, is unavoidable in a
revolutionary country like Mexico. Eve
ry President holds his power by no other
tenure than the caprice of the army, and he
is forced, therefore, to conciliate it. If a
corporal, who has married the daughter of
the washerwoman of the regiment, has ris
en to the highest station in the army, his
•wife cannot be slighted with safety—and
such cases have occurred.
I wish that I could in sincerity say that
the ladies of Mexico are handsome. They
are not, nor yet are they ugly. Their
manners, however, are pet feet ; and itt the
great attributes of the heart, affection, kind
ness, and benevolence in all their forms,
they hare no superiors. They are emi
nently graceful in everything but dancing.
That does not ‘ come by nature,’ as we
liave the authority of Dogberry that read
ing and writing do; and they are rarely
taught to dance, and still more rarely prac
tice it.
I think that in another, and the most im
portant point in the character of woman,
they are very much slandered. I am quite
sure that there is no city in Europe ofthe
same size where there is less immorality.
Indeed, I cannot see how such a thing is
possible. Every house in Mexico has but
one outside door, and a porter always at
that. The old system of the duenna, and’a
constant espionage, are observed by every
one, and to an extent that would scarcely
be believed. I have no doubt, however,
that whatever other effects these restraints
may have, their moral influence is not a
good one. The virtue which they secure
is of the sickly nature of hot-house plants,
which wither and perish when exposed to
the weather. Women, instead of being
taught to regard certain acts as impossible
to be committed, and therefore not appre
hended or guarded against, are brought up
with an iJea that the temptation of oppor
tunity is one which is never resisted.
I do not think that the ladies of Mexico
are generally very well educated. There
ate,-however, some shining exceptions.—
Mrs. Almonte, the wife of General Almonte,
would he regarded as an accomplished la
dy in any country. The Mexicans, of
either sex, are not a reading people. The
ladies read very little.
The general routine of female life is to
rise late, and spend the larger portion of
the day standing in their open windows,
which extend to the floor. It would be a
safe bet at any hour of the day between
ten and five o’clock, that you would in
walking the streets see one or more fe
males standing thus at the windows of more
than half the houses. At five they ride on
the Paseo, and then go to the theatre,
where they remain until twelve o’clock,
and the next day, and every day in the
year, repeat the same routine. In this dol-
cc far niente their whole lives pass away.
But I repeat that in many of the qualities
ofthe heart which make women lovely and
loved, they have no superiors.
The war of independence was illustrated
with many instances of female virtue of a
romantic character, one of which 1 will
mention. And I again regret that I have
forgotten the name of ‘he noble woman
whose virtue^and love of country were so
severely tested. The lady to whom I re
fer had two sons, each of whom was in com
mand of a detachment of the patriot army.
One of them was made prisoner, and the
Spanish General into whose hands he had
fallen, sent for his mother and said to her,
‘ If you will induce your other son to sur
render his army to me, I will spare the life
of the one who is my prisoner.’ Her in
stant reply was, ‘ No ! I will not purchase
the life of one son with the dishonor of an
other and the ruin of my country.’ ’Ibis
fact is historic, and is more true than histo
ry generally is.
The ladies of Mexico dress with great ex
travagance, and I suppose a greater profu
sion of “ pearl and gold”—1 will not say
more barbaric—than in any other country.
I remember that at a ball at the President’s,
Mr. Bocanegra asked me what I thought of
the Mexican ladies; were they as hand
some as my own countrywomen 1 I of
told him, however, t)iat they^were very
graceful, and dressed much finer than our
ladies. He said lie supposed so, and then
asked me what I thought the material of
the dresses of two ladies which he pointed
out had cost ; and then told me that he had
happened to hear his wife and daughters
speaking of them, and that the material of
the dresses, blonde, I think, had cost one
thousand dollars each. I asked on the same
occasion, a friend of mine who was a mer
chant, what he supposed was the cost of an
ornament for the head thickly set with dia
monds of the Senora A. G. He told me
that he knew very well, for he had import
ed it for her, and that the price was twenty-
five thousand dollars ; she wore other dia
monds and pearls no doubt of equal value.
I have said that there are very rarely any
thing like evening parties, or tertullias;
social meetings, or calls to spend an even
ing are quite as unusual, except among ve
ry near relations, and even then the re
straint and espionage are not at all relaxed.
Persons who have seen each other, and
been attached for years, often meet at the
altar without ever having spent half an hour
in each other’s company. Ladies of the
better classes never walk the streets except
on one day in the year, the day before
Good Friday, 1 believe it is. But they
make the most of this their saturnalia ; on
that day all the fashionable streets are
crowded with them, in their best ‘ bibs and
tuckers,’ and glittering in diamonds.
The streets are always, however, swarm
ing with women of the middling and lower
classes. The only articles of dress worn
by these are a chemise and petticoat, satin
slippers, but no stockings, and a rebozo, a
long shawl improperly called by our ladies
a mantilla. This they wear over the head
and wrapped close around the chin, and
thrown over the left shoulder. Whatever
they may be in private, no people can be
more observant of propriety in public; one
may walk the streets of Mexico for a year,
and he will not see a wanton gesture or
look on the part of a female of any descrip
tion, with the single exception, that if you
meet a woman with a fine bust, which they
are very apt. to have, she finds some occa
sion to adjust her rebozo, and throws it o-
pen for a second. This rebozo answers
all the purposes of the shawl, bonnet aud
frock-body.
The women of Mexico, I think generally
smoke; it is getting to be regarded as not
exactly commc ilfaut, and therefore they do
it privately. As the men generally smoke
they have the advantage which Dean
Swift recommends to all who eat onions, to
make their sweethearts do so too.
One of the favorite and most pleasant
recreations ofthe Mexicans is what they call
un dio dc campo, a day in the country. A
party is made up to spend the day at Tacu-
baya, or some other of the neighboring vil
lages, or at some house in the suburbs yf
the city where a dinner is prepared, and a
baud of music sent out; and the day and a
large portion of the night spent in dancing.
Never have I seen a more joyous and hila
rious people than they arc on these occa
sions.
I never shall forget one of these parties
which was given to General Almonte, just
before he left Mexico on his mission to this
country. It was a genuine, roistering,
country froiick. We got into boats, and
with the music playing, were rowed for
some distance by moonlight, in the canal
which terminates in the Lake of Chaleo,
and then amongst the Chinampas or floating
gardens, which are now nothing more than
shaking bogs. The very thin stratum of
soil which had formed on the water of the
Lake is made more unsteady, when a small
space of an acre or two is surrounded by a
canal. There are now none of the floating
gardens described by the conquerors, which
were formed by artificial means, and moved
about from or.e part of the lake to another.
The men who are met in the streets, are
almost exclusively officers aud soldiers of
the army, priesls and leperos, the latter
quite as useful, and much the least burden
some and pernicious of the three classes.—
The Mexicans of the better classes general
ly wear cloth cloaks at all seasons of the
year, and the Indian blankets; forttrnament
I suppose; for the weather is never cold
enough to make either necessary. One
thing, however, I could never account for:
I did not feel uncomfortably cold in a linen
coat, nor uncomfortably warm with my
cloak on. All the physical peculiarities of
the Indians of Mexico are precisely the
same as those of our own Indians; they are
however, much smaller. Their appearance
is very much the same in all respects as
those of the straggling Indians who are
seen about our cities; nothing of the elas
tic step and proud bearing of our natives of
the forest. Such a noble looking fellow as
the Seminole Chief, Wild Cat, would cre
ate a sensation there, lie might possibly
get up a pronunciato—I have no doubt he
would attempt it. In a word, I am by no
means sure that in exchanging the peculiar
civilization which existed in the time of
Montezuma for that which the Spaniards
gave them, that they have improved the
condition of the masses; they have lost lit
tle of the former but its vices. I have al
ready remarked that, although there are no
political distinctions amongst the various
castes ofthe population of Mexico, the so
cial distinctions are very marked. At one
of those large assemblies at the President’s
palace, it is very rare to see a lady whose
colour indicates any impurity of blood. The
same remark is, to a great extent, true of
the gentlemen but there are also a good
many exceptions.
FRIENDSHIP WITH ENGLISHMEN.
The generous and honorable sentiment so
well expressed by the Englishwoman of
Puebla, leads me to remark that my resi
dence in Mexico, furnished me more evi
dences than one, of the powerful sympathy
of race. Even the revengeful character of
the Spaniard yields to it. Notwithstanding
the recent termination of the fierce and
sanguinary civil war which has raged be
tween Mexico and the mother country, no
other people are so favorably regarded by
the Mexicans as the Spaniards. And I can
say with truth, that I never met an English
man there that I did not feel the full force
of‘the white skin and the English language’
—and I Lad no cause to believe that the
same feeling was not entertained towards
me by the English gentlemen in Mexico;
and why, in God’s name should it be other
wise? I would not sell ‘for the seas worth’
my share ofthe glory of my English ances
try—Milton,Shakespeare, and John Hamp
den and those noble old barons who met
Af Runnevmede; and on the oth
er hand, Englishman stioutu nave a just
pride in the prosperity and greatness of our
country. In the beautiful language of a
highly giftod and liberal minded English
man, Mr. Charles Augustus Murray, ‘wheth
er we view the commercial enterprise of
America, or her language, her love of free
dom, parochial, legal, or civil institutions,
she bears the indelible marks of her origin;
sho is and must continue the mighty daugh-
ser of a mighty parent, and although eman
cipated ftom maternal control, the affinities
of race remain unaltered. Her disgrace
must honor their common ancestry, and
her greatness and renown should gratify the
parental pride of Britain, Accursed be the
vile demagogue who would wantonly ex
cite another and fratricidal war betwen the
two greatest and only free countries of the
earth!”
I should not satisfy my own feelings if I
were not to notice here the circle of Eng
lish merchants, who reside in Mexico. 1
have nowhere met a worthier set of gentle
men—enlightened, hospitable and gene
rous. I can with great truth say, that the
most pleasant hours which I have spent in'
Mexico were in their society, and I shall
never cease to remember them with kind
ness and respect. I now and then met with
a little ofthe John Bull jealousy of this
country, but I playfully told them that I
could pardon that—that it was altogether
natural, for that the English flag had wav
ed on every sea and continent on the face
of the globe, and that for the last thousand
years it had rarely, if ever been lowered
to an equal force except in conflicts with
us, where its fate had always been to come
down. I believe that I may say theii great
est objection to me was, that I was ratber
too fond of talking of Genera! Jackson and
New Orleans. There is no single name
which an Englishman so little likes to hear
as that of General Jackson and none so
grateful to the ears of an American in a
foreign land only excepting that of Wash
ington. I do not doubt that it will be
known and remembered long after that of
every other American who has gone before
him, except Washington and Franklin, is
swallowed up in the vortex of oblivion. I
have been the political opponent of Gener
al Jackson, and should be so now upon the
same questions. I believe that he commu
ted some very great errors, but that he did
all in honor and patriotism. 1 have at the
sa 7te time always had a j u8t admiration for
his many great qualities and glorious a-
chievemeots, and I should pity the Amer
ican who could hear his name mentioned
in a foreign land without feeling his pulse
beat higher.
THOMAS PAINE.
A gentleman in New York who person
ally knew Thomas Paine and was repeat
edly in his company during the last years
of his life, gave the following account of a
conversation with him respecting the Bible.
“One evening l found Paine, haranguing
Um /lioemlaa
VALUABLE TESTIMONY.
The New Orleans Delta, a spirited neu
tral paper, refers to the documents accom
panying the President’s late message on
the war existing between Mexico and the
United States, and renders impartial justice
to the President, the .War Department and
General Taylor, as follows:
“This correspondence will shortly be
spread over the country; it will 1x7 the key
to the conduct of the Executive and of Gen.
Taylor; it will unlock the door to jheir ac
tion in reference to Mexican affaics general
ly, and the existing state of war in particu
lar; it is the testimony by which the coun
try will judge them. From the hurried pe
rusal which we have given those papers
ourselves, we are egregiously mistaken if
the verdict be not one of applause and ap
proval. We read them in no partizan spir
it, and we can discover nothing in them but
energy, prudence, and a sleepless watchful
ness of the important interests involved.—
The gist of the correspondence, so far as it
relates to Mr. Slidell’s mission, is already
pretty generally known.
In the first letter to General Taylor, May
28, 1S45, he is ordered, in the event of the
measure of Annexation being accepted by
Texas, to hold himself in readiness to march
thither, and in the meantime to open cor-
miscliief done to mankind by the produc
tion ofthe Bible and Christianity. When
he paused I said:—“Mr. Paine, you have
been in Scotland; you know there is not a
more rigid set of people in the world than
they are in their attachment to the Bible;
is it not their school book? their churches
are full of Bibles. When a young man
leaves his father’s house, his mother always
in packing up his chest puts a Bible on the
top of his clothes.” He said it was true.
I continued,—“You have been to Spain
and Portugal, where they have no Bible and
there you can hire a man to murder anoth-
who never gave him any offence.” He as
sented. “You have seen districts in Eu
rope where not one man in fifty can read;
and you have been in I-reland, where the
majority have never seen a Bible. Now respondence with the authorities of Texas,
you know it is an historical fact that in one
county in England or Ireland there are ma
ny more capital convictions in six months,
than there are In the whole population of
Scotland in twelve. Besides, this day, there
is not one Scotchman in the Almshouse,
State Prison, Bridewell, nor Penitentiary
of New York. Now then, if the Bible was
so bad a book as you represent it to be,
those who use il would be the worst mem
bers of society: DUt the contrary is the fact;
for our prisons, alms-houses and penitent’a-
ries are filled with men and women, whose
ignorance or unbelief prevents them from
reaping the Bible.” It was now near ten
o’clock at night. Paine answered not a
word, but taking a candle from the table,
walked up staii3, leaving his friends and
myself staring at one another.”
Chccrfulntss.—The highest achievement
of moral philosophy is to rise above the before that event,
cares, vexations and disappointments of life; selectin
and the tendency of religion, resting on a
divine basis, buoys the Christian above the
evils that surround him, inspires him with
moral fortitude and vigor to battle with ev
ery calamity, and to maintain an unruffled
spirit amid the billows and conflicting cur
rents which agitate the ocean of human ex-
istance. If a hurricane rages, instead of
yielding to its fury, and giving way to des
pondency, he exerts every energy to ward
off danger, and strives to look forward, in
dulging a soothing hope that the future will
be less disastrious than the present. This
measure of encountering the evils to which
every body in a greater or less degree is ex
posed, deprives disappointment of its sting,
is antidote to the poison of slander, and be
gets a spirit of cheerfulness which is essen
tial to happiness. He is like the eagle,
which, when clouds overspread the earth
rises above them, to enjoy the sunshine. No
matter how prosperous an individual may
be in his pecuniary, domestic, and social re
lations—if he suffers his spirits to br dis
composed by trifling annoyance, he is a
stranger to enjoyment, and every day of his
life is embittered by petty causes of vexa
tion which his own morbid disposition mag
nifies into a serious calamity. On the oth
er hand, overwhelming must be the misfor
tune, which can prostrate a man that has
been disciplined to patient endurance, ha
bituated himself to a uniform cheerfulness
of mind.
Farmers and their Children.—The para
mount duty of the agriculturist is to elevate
his class, and place himself in the position
to which he is entitled. No idea more fatal
to the supremacy of the farmer ever posses
sed him than that of educating some one
child in particular what he is denomin
ated learned professions. Let Agricultur
ists educate their children thoroughly, re
gardless of any such partial, unfair and un
just consideration. As agriculturists, let
them educate their children for agricultur
ists. Let them not give bread to oue and
stones and serpents to the otheos. Let them
bear in mind that education adorns and im
proves the cultivator of the soil as much, as
it does the lawyer, the doctor or the divine
with a view to information and advice in
respect to the common Indian enemy, as
well as to any foreign power. Other letters
from the War Department follow.
“While avoiding,” says the Secretary,
Jnly 3d, 1815, “as you have been instruct
ed to do, all aggressive measures towards
Mexico, as long as the relations of peace
exist between the Republic and the United
States, you are expected to occupy, protect,
and defend the territory of Texas to the ex
tent that it has been occupied by the peo
ple of Texas. The Rio Grande is claimed
to be the boundary between the two coun
tries, and up to this boundary you are to ex
tend your protection, only excepting any
posts on the eastern side thereof, which are
in the actual occupancy of Mexican forces,
or Mexican settlements over which the Re
public of Texas did not exercise jurisdic
tion at the period of annexation, or shortly
It is expected that, in
the establishment for your troops,
you will approach as near the boundary
line—the Rio Grande—as prudence will
dictate. With this view, the President de
sires that your position, for a part of your
forces at least, should be west of the river
Nueces.”
Authority is given to Gen. Taylor to call
for rninforcements of volunteers from the
States of Texas, Louisiana,. Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Tennessee and Kentucky if he
should need them, and letters are according
ly transmitted to the authorities of those
States. January 13, 1S46, Gen. Taylor is
ordered to advance upon the Rio Grande.
“From the views heretofore presented to
this department,” says the Secretary’s des
patch, “it is presumed Point Isabel will bo
considered by you an eligible position.” In
a subsequent despatch from the Depart
ment, 2d March last, the Secretary says:—
“You cannot fail to have timely notice of
the approach of any considerable Mexican
force; and in that event, will promptly and
efficiently use the authority with which you
are clothed to call to you such auxtliary
forces as you may need.”
Gen. Taylor’s despatches to the War De
partment, making up the concluding por
tion of the published documents. In Au
gust last, from hie camp at Corpus Christi,
the General writes: “Judging from the best
information I can c-btain as to the future
wants of the service on the frontier, looking
more particularly to the possibility of an in
vasion of the soil of Texas by Mexican troops
I deem the force soon to be under my or
ders, viz: Four batteries of field artillery,
one regiment of cavalry, and five regiments
of infantry, to be fully adequate to meet
any crisis that may arise.”
And does not the result ofthe actions of
the Sth and 9th prove that the General was
right; and that neither on his part nor on
that of the Executive nor that of the War
Department, has there been oversight, er
ror or imprudence?”
“1 mark only the hours that shine."—This
is the inscription upon a sun dial in Italy. It
incutcatea a beautiful lesson which too many
are prone to disregard! It would teach
ills a false notion* and unworthy"the*citi- us t0 remember the bright days of life, and
zens of a free republic, that education was f ? r g etth «; blessings God is giving us.
not necessary to the cultivator of the soil.—
When we reflect that this is a free country,
and that freedom can only be preserved by
the pure light that is reflected by knowl
edge, can the cultivator of the soil hesitate
a moment to put his shoulder to the wheel?
If he loves his children, educate them: if he
loves his country, educate them. It is a du
ty he owes to both children and country.
Sermons.—Sermons, says the Christain
Watchman, “are like guns.” Some are
large, others are small; some are long, oth- j
ers are short; some are new, others are old;
some are bright, others are rusty; some are
made to be looked at, others to be used;— i
some are loaded, others empty; some are
owned, others borrowed.
Some are air guns, some of every size,
from the pocket pistol to the Paixhan gun.
Some are only charged with powder, and
make a great noise and smoke. Some send
only small shot, that irritate ratber than
kill. Some carry heavy metal that does ex
ecution. Some discharge chain shot, mow
ing down whole platoons. Some are wide
mouthed mortars, throwing only bomb
shells. Some are duelling pistols used on- far.
]y in controversy—vile things.
Sotre go off half bent, some flash in the
pan. Some make a terrible fiz; the charge
all escapiag at the priming hole. Some are
aimed at nothing, and hit it. Some scatter
prodigously. Some kick their owners over.
Some have too much wadding, and vice
versa.
Some are alarm guns; others are compli
mentary guns, used only for salutes on spe
cial occasions. Some are in a series, consti
tuting a battary: others are swivels made to
turn in any direction. Some are useless,
some dangerous. Some amuse, some fright
en, some exasperate, some gain the victory.
Very much depends on the manner in
which they are managed.
Life, it is true, is not all bright and beau
tiful. But still it has lights as well as shades,
and it is neither wise nor grateful to dwell
too much upon the darker portions of the
picture. He who looks upon the bright
sides of life, and makes the best of every
thing, will, we think, other things being
equal, be a better and happier man than
those who, as Franklin says, “are always
looking at the ugly leg,” and find occasion
for complaint and censure in almost every
thing they meet with.—Sav. Georgian.
Man.—The initial indentity of the hu
man race is stamped upon them. It is the
circumstances of birth and difference of pur
suits, that make the great distinctions.
Thousands who repose in the shades of ob
scurity unnoticed and unknown by the
world, possess abilities competent to fill
the most important trusts, and would acquit
themselves in the highest post with honor
and integrity; but their faculties have never
been aroused: learning has never held forth
to them her gaudy treasures, nor allured
their thoughts from the simple, unaspiring
current of humble life. A man may have
his attention entirely engrossed in the most
humble calling, administering to the com
mon necessaries of life, while genius and
understanding slumber in bis breast.
How their names are pronounced. A cor
respondent of the St. Louis Reveille says:
As the names of the following Spanish of
ficers are likely, at the present jnucture of
affairs, to be frequently in the mouths of
our citizens, for the satisfaction of those not
already informed as to the correct pronunci
ation of them, I subjoin the following:
Generals Arista, Ampudia, Mejia, and
Canales, Colonels Carasco and Carabajal,
are pronounced by Spaniards, as nearly
as possible, as follows: A-rees-ta, Am-poo-
dia, Ma-//ec-a, Co-im-les.Ca-ras-co Car-a-ru-
hal—the vowel a in each instance, having
the sound of that letter in the English word
The j becomes b, the, b, v.
“A Fair Hit.—Mr. Douglass of 111., in
the course of a discussion on the southern
boundary of Texas, said Mr. Adams, when
Secretary of State, had claimed to the Rio
del Norte, this Mr. Adams denied. Mr.
Douglass said he ‘could not prove the hand
writing, because the despatch to Don Onis.
was printed.’ The gentleman from Mossa-
chusetts, on the question of Oregon, was for
taking possession of 54 40 first, and negoti
ating afterwards. (Laughter.) I hope the
gentleman will not blame Mr. Folk for tak
ing possession of the Rio del Norte first;
and negotiating afterwards. (Cries of’good’
‘good,’ and clapping of hands.) Mr. Polk
but followed the advice of Mr. Adams.”
Scraps for the Curious.—If a tallow can
dle be placed in a gun, and shot at a door,
it will go through without sustaining any
injury; and if a musket ball be fired into wa
ter, it will not only rebound, but be flat
tened as if fired against a solid substance.
A musket may be fired through a pane of
glass, making the hole, the size of the ball
without cracking the glass; if suspended by
a thread, it will make no difference, and the
thread will not even vibrate; Cork, if sank
200 feet in the ocean, will not rise on ac
count oi the pressure of the water. In die
arctic regions, when the thermometer is be
low zero; persons can convene mote than a
mile distant. Dr. Jamison asserts that he
heard every word of a sermon it tbe.dis-
tance of two miles.