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Newspaper Page TextTERMS-S2 00 PER ANSfinf. HOME,'“CrA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1855 VOEUME W; • ERUPTION OP THE VOLCANO COW- PA XL For some time past, says the Panama Siartf the 11th instant, this stupendous^ smlwASo -f been In a state of eruption, Mid HflS Mteeft.def'fvv much alarm to the inhabitants offee atptfdW^S.'jT ding country. After haring given diefttions of activity for more than a year, U fefcfr:. at length thrown out over the.plains of Cafte'•'•/*. enormous masses of rock, water, and burning lava. The waters have htH*-'’,/4 ken down the bridge of Cane hi, and egpjfed oft in their course mneb property and . bet the buildings in Lataenogn aad'OtW^nwfv?';- in the neighborhood have not !*»n By the laat accounts tha alarm stiUeontinaed, : «sf ^ as the volcano is still in a stats of activity, and * vomiting oot fire day nnd night. _ **. :■. ’Cotopaxi is the highest volcano in the wofe*. S*g having an ftltitude of |fl,8& fogt. The -this»of- Latacungs nae been destroys d^ergiifc ready, and fears are entertained that In tbs present eruption the city will stgaln suffer, the inhabitants having flftdiu eruption of 1743 was attended by loud rtfeprtffi;*--' and noises and immense issue that flowed down on all sides and mad^fpa mountain look like one mass of Are. lit Kfljl - J; some of which fid! a hundred ieagtte# distant, ..... producing a total obscuritysfor some time. This eruption was accompanied with earthquakes, , * c which were felt as tar as Guayaquil and Popay- c ana. «/..•;"• ~ It frequently happens that during th|js mfe*/ violent explosions the earthqaall* are Sot fee vicinity of the mountains, feortghvtojsij*; r " shocks are experienced* ft$ some distoraee. V-fes A Yankee CoU-kctou.—A goniloman from New York, who had been in Boston for the pur pose of collecting some moneys due him in that city, was about returning, when he found that ono bill of one hundred dollars had been over looked. The landlord, who knew tho debtor, thought tt a doubtful ease; but added that if it was collected at all,'a tall rawboned Yankee then dunning a lodger in another part of tho hall, would worry it out of the man. Calling him up. therefore, he introduced him to the creditor, who showed him tho account. "Ws 1 , 'Squire,” said he, “ ’taint much use o’ tryin, I guess. I know that critter. You might as well try to squeeze ile out of Bunker- Hill Monument, ns to c’lcct a debt of him. But and how, what’ll yoh give, s’posin T try ?” “Well, sir, the bill is ono hundred dollars.— I’ll givoyou—yes—I’ll give you hulf, if you collect it.” * “’Greed,” repliod tho collector ; “there’s no ham in trvin. any way.” Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, nnd in walking up Tremout street encountered his enterprising friend : “Look here, 'Squire,” said he, “I bad con siderable lack with that bill o’ your’n. You see I stuck to him like a dog to a root, but for the first week or so, ’twan’t no use—not a bit. If he was home, he was short ; if he wasn't home, I couldn’t get no satisfaction. Says T, after go ing sixteen times, “I'll fix you,' says I; so I sot down on tho door-step, and sot all day and part of the evoning, and I began early next day, and about ton o’clock ho gin in. He paid me 3tr half and I gin him the note !” Mahon and Dixon’s Link.-—What was the origin and purpose of it? We hear it frequent ly spoken of as connected with slavery, and as originally relating to (hat subject. Nothing can be further from tho truth. At tho time that lino was established slavery existed on both sides of it. -A brief account of its origin may bo of some interest just at this time. As early ns the year 1682 a dispute arose bo • tween Wm. Penn anti Lord Baltimore, respect ing the construction of their respective grants, of wlmt now forma the States of Pennsylvania, Dolawaro and Maryland. Lords* Baltimore claimed to and including, the 40th degree of North Latitude; nnd Wm, Poena mildly, yot, firmly, resisted tho claim. This debateland or 60 UpgVifth miles on the Extending West ns matter was finally The N. Y. Tribune says some impudent pnp- py who hod, doubtless, attempted to kiss ft nice young lady with a rather brief nore, and got hi* cars smartly boxed^ftakes his revenge on h«r in the following abominable effusion: T saw to-day coming my way, A bonnet with a face below it— Thinks T, sweet Miss, I’ll beg a kiss, Not doubting she would quick bestow It. But getting close, I sow her nose Was crooked, nnd I couldn’t go it. A crooked nose, s crooked nose— Why should a charming lady wear It? But I suppose thatali she knows Is that it grows, and so she'll bear »4 And f-trae and fret, when she might get Tho nearest surgeon to repair it. Lava ter shows that, woman’s nose (An index true) the heart disclose*, And that each hook or twist or crook Some secret mental trait exposes; And when her beak isthusobliqe Her mind is crooked ns her nose is. ■Whoever will discover the rascal who perpe trated this libeland kick him soundly, may send i:-. --is bill to us lor any rea oaablo amount, and it shall bo honored at sight. ,■ rr iis an Emxosmm n>gAiba«#seaio •*£BKd be con'd except % taking largife$M&- iifcics «f medicines into tfee stomach, Safe'great ta-way .flute af which much S* dune, ai- fefttffweif m point be ndwtfti -cared. irbesNiftSS! of {he stomach by continued use of ating mixtures, frequency 'become so teeeb dteordertd that the fnmtfie* is result of which is dya- ehoties. alternate diarrhoea and enstifsesc.fs, Sntolence, nightmare, etc,, etc. Wouil it not, therefore, be very 4«* irable to pos- 9**S remedy? which b*i*£ opplwd Wtndtl excite the afestifbcais WWeased ftiad thns carry off thr®agh this medium, the ^teleterieaa |wd«dp?a which fet the dir*tt coaw xjf tfc» _ disease ? %rciy *W$Bf »•« .W® admit Artdhift'Wl.I the most the d;*«ed e&«. The almost superhuman cures ’pftVfemed by the Arabnti physicians In the d^a of add were mainly effected by this coarse f treatment, had the inmdivnte of which H. FARRELLS CELEBRATED ARABIAN LtSIME^T"' ore extracted from rwe |4sats peculiar to Arabia. This great Liu- iment (whi«k hawtebs had of most respec table drtiggi&te and (Bcrehaat* i» every Sown ia thp llnited SteM) daily eSeeting care* with seemfd heymsd the, power of saedieice to con- eoftsumptlon, nwasehitis a&d liver eam- |dstints in their &rst stegus, nervous affections, ladigtjeKWj eafergemeut of the spleen, scros- nteus tmotoes, goiH*, etc- ete., are frequently eared, and wfawiy* relieved by its use. It is un- #urps.*sed ftsasi ausedyae—relieving severe psans in a f«*w atinamsi after its application, it soothes the irritated nerves, and produces that delighfc- ?«1 trsinqaility ?© grateful, to the nervous inva lid. Sprains, bruises wounds, bums, sore throat* eMbiaso-s rheumatism, sets pain, etc., •etc., ire specially eurvd by it; and for nearly all «U»ftats in horses or cattle, requiring aa exter nal «|^pBesdiO».itls an effectual remedy. .qjt' ' , Look oatyWtYiRRterfrit*.' Tfto am camioned against another counterfeit, which hae lately mode its appear ance, called ff, B. Fsuf*eB‘* Arabian Liniment, • the most dangerem* cf all the counterfeits, be- caasshis haefeag the n.uac . of Farrell, many will liny it is g&l faith, without the knowl edge -.hit ft eeuRteffrit exists, and they will per haps •ialy-dSfttevrw their omsr when tho spoil- os» mixt«ift ltes wrought its evil effects. The geanino article ia manafeehtred.qnly by TL G. FnsrdB, sole Inventor and proprietor, and wholesale druggist- No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Ulieess, to whoa ail applicatlotss for Agencies must fee addressed. Be sere yon get it with the letters F. G. before FarreU’s. thiis—H. G. FAB BELL'S—and his signature on the wrap per, ail others are counterfeits. Sdd by Kendrick A Pledger, Melville Q. B. F. Mattox, Mt. Hickory €L Brown, Coosa P. 0. ;Branasr A Moyers^ ...SummerriSe j , Robert Rittey, Wholeaale Agent, Rome | and % regularty authorised agents throughout, the Halted Stete. ••’Price 2A koA 5(1 cents, and FTperbottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village tiiwl tolTElelfe^he. CThlteff State*, ih-.- -Which one THE CLOUD WITH $J1E SILVER LINING. BV WM. AS,Br.ftT'sV’TUITF.. *Tsp many a weary night and*day, Since thou and I have met; Behind the circling Uhe of hills, Three months the sun hath set. September shrinking from the frost, October with its tsftlms. November swelling in tho woods Its loud and angry psalms. The thrifty former long ago Hath housed hie yellow sheaves. And in the nooks of stubjde fields Are drifU <rf,9hrunksii#ave«, The stream hath caught a wilder tone, Filled even to its brim— It liketh well, through chilly woods, To hear December’s hymns. vns ono degree, south of Pennsylvania, far as tbo State itself. brought iuto the Court of Chancery in England, and after tedious delays (it bad always boon so) on tho loth day of May, 1750, Lord Chancel lor Hardwick made a decree, awarding cost against Lord Baltimore, and directing that commissioners so appointed, met at Newcastle, on the 15th day of November, 1755, and not being able to agree separated.—After a forther litipition and delay, tho whole matter was set tled by the mutual agreement between tho sur viving heirs of tho original litigants. In tbo year 1781, Mr. Charles Mason, of the Royal Observatory was sent to Pennsylvania, with all the needful astronomical instruments to measure a degree of Latitude. That duty he performed, anil a report of his procoedings is to be found in tho Philosophical Transactions of tho Royal Society of London for tho year 1783. This Mr. Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were appointed to run the line in dispute, which ap pears to have been done in conformity with the Lord Chancellor’s docree. This is tho fa mous ‘ Mason and Dixon's Line/ and tho boun dary between Pennsylvania on the south and Maryland on the north. .Any one desirous of more detailed information will find it in Doug las’ History of America, published in Boston in 1771; Proud’s History of Pennsylvania; the memoirs of the Historical Society of Penn sylvania; andl. Versej’sReports,452, Pehn, r. Lord Baltimore. Little did the Rotors in this matter think that in after times the line established with so much trouble and expense would ever be con nected with a subject calculated to shake a great nation to its centre. And while I muse thy memory Looks in upon my dreams, Like golden sunsets flashing back, Athwart a breadth <?f streams. For when the summer’s healthy green Was winning sadder grace, The shadow of a parting day Upon thy gentle face. It lay upon thy gentle face. It lay upon my heart: And broadened o’er the fading world, The painter Sorrow’s art One moment: then thy kindlier cheer Was like that holy look, Dim-seeu, in safntly pictures set, In some cathedral flock. “And'mt Heart, too.”—A few years since, when it was the custom for large girls and lar ger boys to attend district schools, and when flagellations were more common in school than at the present time, an incident took place in a neighboring town which is worth recording. One of tho largest, plumpest fairest girls of the school happened to violate one of the teach er’s rules. The master, a prompt energetic fel low of twenty-five, summoned her into the mid dle of the floor. After Interrogating the girl a few moments, the master took a ruler and com manded her to hold out her hand. She hesita ted. when the master, in a blaze of anger, thun dered out: *■ * '*WilI you give me your hand V* “Yes, sir, and my heart, too,” promptly repli ed the girl, at the same time stretching out luff hand to him and eyeing him with a look of wn- mistakeable sincerity. A death-Uke silence yeignedfer a moment, a tear was geen to glisten in tho master’s eye, the ruler was laid upon the desk, and tbft r blushing girl was requested to take her seat, hut to stay in after the school was dismissed. In three weeks after the end of the school the teacher and the giri were married. »—••> , * • # A Wasdebisg Tvpo.—We i teeived laat eve ning the Mayaville (CaKfornva) Express, a large 7 elegantly printed and well-filled newspaper.—' One of its proprietor* ia Geb. W. BteSflaprinter whose fortunes have been even morenrjfried than those of his class of artisans. He has worked at the “art preservation of arts” in every. Staieijx the Union, walked through each of tbesaStates, swam rivers for lack of ferry money, traded erar vats and vests for food, beeitea temperance lec turer, been ill of the Yellow fever in NeV* Or leans, and had the shakes of tbte Wabash, was a volunteer in Mexico, messing during hiscano- paign with tailor, shoemaker, gemletnan, lawyer anddoetor. has served in every capacity in a, printing office, been stroke oars-mau on a flat boat, and cook on a lumber raft, wan editor of a} Olay paper in 1844; of a Democratic Buckeye organ in 1851, and who, when we last saw him, wr* working his way to St Louis on a eteirft .wheeLbOftt- . . ; - Mr. Bloor iaa man of very decided natural talent, fine good humor, eminently soda] quali ties, and we wish him all manner of golden for tune on tho^ Pacific coast.-—LouimlU Gmrier. To Cpue A Fer.ox.—A felon generally ap- pears on tho end of the fingers and thumbs; it iftextremcly painful for weeks and sometimes months, and, in most cases, cripples or disfi gures the fingeror thumb that falls a victim to it Bat it can be easily cured if attended to in time. As soon as the pain is felt take the white skin of an egg, which is found inside of the shell ; put it round the end of the finger or thumb affected, keep it there until tho pein sub sides. As soon as the skin becomes dry it will be very painful, and likely to continue for half an hour or more, but be not alarmed. If it grows painful, bear it; it will be of short dura tion compared to* what the disease would be.— A cure will be cortain.—[Exchange. [As felons are very painful, any remedy to re lieve a person from its excruciating pain is val-< nable. We do not know whether the above is all that it pretends to be or not, but within the past year we have known of the spinal marrow of an ox or cow applied by three different per sona with the most satisfactory results, in reliev ing tho pain and securing a speedy cure of their felons. This we are confident, will be very useftil information to many persons. The spinal marrow should be applied fresh every four hours for two days. papers inform usthattlw Salt Lake have determined to form a chats of Moriben sta-v tions throughout the WgfcterB Sfate* and teriijK^ tones, at which the pufjrime to the Salt. many of whom are very, poor, may stop is emit, or to pass fee winter, and from which tfeejH";? may be helped forward by sneb aid aafeejraiw ; quire from fee brethren. By tnis means it 1s ; expected that the Mormons win the more read - ' - ly undertake the great journey through fee Uni- ted States and the for -Western wllderass. Ar* Sftngements have airtady been mute for a Mote - mon settlement oB the Xamaii|riWr/la BAnsoft territory, and stations of this kind ed in a ehaia from Salt Lake eastward. teKs i' movement luma two fold character. First, iffte/ intended to hfcstnr fee day.when fee tosfitssrj!,/ of Utah will have sufficient population , to .de^l mand admisshfiginto the Union as a Steto/'aftd0|| iLtheAntentionewf the Salt Lake cbie& be , Wd oat, thts^wfflno^belongjienec, forat testae-.^: whom are wOEn^to emigrate to the 8»it I ahft i/’ ^extt^efetehdsdto estahiish Morn^tj^te^fewj|>|^ flPttelqaiSi in mlfeapiincipal cities of fee Ual- StJKv*, effa* give the. Salt friedSs who will defendtheircaofo and emigre 1 With glances like a hopeful seer, Who looketh through the dim. Where all the Future, like a mist, Doth seem to roll and swim. ^ So while the ranges of cold cloudy Fold back the sunshine white. The summer of thy smiles and word Comes filled with flowers and light I see alone the silver lines That edge the clojtdy bars; And. in the alternating gleams, The sleek leaves drop like stars. I hear alone the lulling wind, Tuning its roundelays, To murmurs of the sprouting May, And June’s serener praise. ONLY WAITING. A very aged man, in an almshouse, wax asked what ho was doing now. His reply was “Only Wofttny.” * Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown. Only waiting till the glitnijter Of the day’s last beam ts flown; Till the night of earth is faded From tho heart once full of day, Till the stars of Heaven are breaking Through the twilight soft and gray. Only waiting till the reapers Have the lashsheaf gather'd home, For the summer time is faded „ And the autnmn winds have come. , Quickly, reapers,''gather quickly. The last ripe hours of my heart, For the bloom of life is wither'd ?! Only wftiting tin the angels Often wide fee'mystic gale. _ r [ /•• V At w%irte feet I long have lingeffd^ . , » / Weary, fioorand desolate. fivtetftesft’I hearthefefootsteps - * ^ ***** If fehjr call me I an. waiting, Only waiting to obey. s Only waitingtill the shadows Are a little longer grown, Only waiting till the glimmer Of tho day’s lost beam is flown. Then from out the gath’ring darkness Holy, deathless stars shall rise, By whose light my soul shall gladly Tread its pathway to the skies. Earthquakes.—Every few months the pa in San Francisco announce a shock from papers an earthquake. Up to this time no damage has been sustained, but who can predict how often these shocks may be repeated without damage ? San Francisco is known to bo located on the line of earthquake influences ; to convince us of this fact, it is only necessary to refer to the ball dozen shocks which have been felt in that city within the past eighteen months. The entire Pacific coast is known’to be volca nic ; the evidences of volcanic action and pow- na f I^iy ,’<!». V Earthquakes of a terrible destructive charac ter have occurred at points further south--esfta perhaps, in half a century since the discovery qfthie epast—which have distroyed cities, towns and villages. For anght we can know, convul sions of the earth have been felt during the past century in California,which would have protera- over has no fixed principles that can be discovered by outsiders, and proceeds to fortify this posi tion by an illustration, thus: Let us consider only fee question of slavery, undoubtedly the most important question of the day, In iter moral, constitutional, *nu political aspeeta—and as difficult as it is Important.— /IF^t eonffariou ought we to draw as to the " tot the KnoW-Nefeing pftrty to ;fei* ! ? This surely is a foir enquiry, hut no <m«Paieswer it. T6e reason that no soft eah answer this ea- qalry, according to fee Advertise^ is feat the new party, as far as heard from, seems to d>o all things to all men on the slavery 4fnostion—lt» Massachusetts, Free Soil; in New York, Silver Gray: in Delaware, in favor of Mr. Clapton : in Texas, In favor of Gen. Houston. * Wbaterer may have been the spirit in which ] the remark* of the Advertiser were penned, it coaid not hare bestowed higher praise upon the new party than it contained in the assertion Chat it is “"nowhere" upon the question of slavery. It is saying in effect the Know Noth ings are what they profess to be—a national party—an American organization—a Union party—extending, like the constitution, over the whole country, yet allowing its members in the various State? to entertain such notions with regard to local institutions as they chose, provided that they do not interfere with their neighbor. If in a spirit of true wisdom the Know Nothing? have agreed to disagree [upon this subject which has set the whole country by the ear? of late, it will be seen at once that they have taken a step which must secure to them national importance and power. They ’have struck that uncouth master, slavery agitation, a stunning blow, and for the good deed, if for no. other they mast receive their due reward. If they determine to trust out of our national elec tions the question of slavery as a test, they will be but hastening to a successful issue the ex periments which the founders of our government began, namely, whether our general govern ment cannot rule over the whole country with out interfering with the original rights or do mestic institutions of the several States. If they have succeeded in silencing the universal hub bub winch only lately distracted the land, it would seem that even their bitter enemy, the Washington Union, must rise np and call them blessed.—St Louie Republican. prtod shrewdness so for as lent of political importance at* greatly pleased wife tfitv principia of the Se- atete to eonw ioto feo Ua- # the idea heldforfe bythe liftf course,fee seat* j-irfve. i ? -to». a*. -* pete*' c$atinkle of fee 1 L«aftt«w3Jcr - ' fea'iitevsr ^t«a£cai iaveafioo, Fite"«*««#*, w«W ssafe Heriag the Ro and so it had • —The his- ,tetejrhi’ tew* J 'is-ft hmory of shifting wars. Ester-i»«beinveKfem of gunpowder, or more comedy speaking, prior to Us application as a mitaatM of wavfave, a prolonged pence, such a peace ,oa fee test forty years in Eui^pe, has seareely been recorded. The fact is, that ■when snea discovered the terrible effects of this .new «igh» for their destruction, they began to think i»ore serisariy of war. The old battles fought withaet gunpowder were not half so much to be dreaded n modern war. The battles of Ptolemy and Ramises, kings of Egypt, of Nehachadnexmr of Babylon, and Xerxe* of Sosa, were of a class that may be compared to a mighty robber? sacking a country, wife liitiie or no danger to thS^telvcs. What « contrast do such battles present to the ter- riflfe encounter «t Waterb»o, in which thirty than sand mea'werc killed after a few hours contest! Ail toen fear and respect gunpowder. Nstfens spend mStions of money in building fortification*, and endeavoring to miike strong holds impregnable to the effects of this simple mixture; hat ail their efforts are unavailable. No fortress that has ever been erected can hold together against bomb-shells, rockets, and bails, flying through space with lightning speed, ur ged ox by gunpowder.—The so a re e of power in gunpowder lie* with the saltpetre. This eab- % stance, termed aitrate of potash, consists of is sitrie acid and potash. Now, the citric acid is, J as it were, an immense vr-lonae of atmospheric air, asndenfrd into a solid, ready on demand to assaarefee air force by the touch of & spark of j Are. l^ftoa sulphur and charcoal are mixed j trife.ii iaFft?4ftiitee tie,} end a spark is applied, j feu adphtar (brimstone i ignites, setting fife to the ehireoaL Air is applied to these suhsiao- «n ts and children in heaven, as lyell arof earth^ ly friends, is a cheering and delightful thought. And the ideaifefttyteir departed friends may sometimes h« near «* or wait to welcome us, to the silent land, is well suited to impress fee THK FLORH-A INI) [ \ NS. The grttifyir g intelligence is p- rhap? not generally known to the citiren.-i of our State that roorements of an important and signifi cant character are about being made by the United Stntes military authorities in and below this place touching our Indian relations. IVe lenrn from good authority that roads will be opened immediately in various directions Europe, said stir «p feftehareb, feat emigrants * | Licit to become a sovereign State. Tfcettwr- y- Lies experienced with the ^government officers have made this desire quite ardent. -.jl?kWi Dm.or SavASWah.—?From an last Savanoah; ifepeAL'eaw it appears that with in the space of two years from this date that ei- tv will be compelled to pay the sum <sJT$220,806 to liquidate that amount of its boadsivV *k Pabjjoh or J. H. Co.vklix bt th* P**sr- -• debt.—New Havbx, Dec. 8, 1854.—James H. -• ,* y Conklin, formerly of New York, convicted la August 1854, of aft ' attempt to obtain money . m firom the government by fraudulent pension claims, and was sentenced to the State prison - for the term of two years, has b#en pardoned by President .Pierce. mind. . * A little girl, in a family ofmy acquaintance, a lovely and precious child, lost her mother at an early age. too early to fertile loved features iu her remembrance. Sh$was as frail as beau tiful ; and a? tho bud of her heart unfolded, it seemed as if, won by the mother's prayers, to turn instinctively heavenward. The sweet, un conscious and prayer-loving child was the cher ished one of the family. But she faded away early. She would lie on the lap of ufriend .who took 8 mother’s care of her, and winding one wasted arm around her neck, would say, “Now tell mo about mamma.” And when tho old tale has been repeated, she would say softly, “Take me into the parlor; I want to see my mamma.” The request was never refused; and the affec tionate child would lio for hours contentedly gazing on her mother’s portrait But “Pale and wan she grew, and weakly; Bearing all her pains so meekly, That to them she grew still dearer As the trial hour Americas Settlers ix Palestine.—About two years ago eight Americas christinns con ceived and carried out the novel idea of plant ing an American colony in the Holy Land. They first located near Jerusalem, but subse quently removed to a place near Joppa, In the plains of Sharon. Here they devoted them- seives to the arts of agriculture and to the cul tivation of friendly relations with the Arabs. The New York Sun says they procured Amer- Agricultural implements from that city, present places of abode, to provide against the commission of depredations on the lives aud pro perty of emigrants who may avail themselves of the inducements that may be held out by tho General Government for settlement; in other words, the country now’ occupied by the Indians ia to be penetrated and surveyed under author ity of our Government and emigrants invited to settle the same. Tho War Department is now very properly evincing a strong determination to remove tins formidable obstruction to the immediate settlement of a desirable portion of South Florida. We have reason to believe that those having tho matter in charge will not re lax any necessary effort to accomplish this beneficial result.—Tampa Herald. lajM. and adds : "The emigrants, in their letters home, give the mostjrlowing and attractive descriptions of the fertility of the soil. They arc able, to raise three crops in tho year—two in summer, by means of irrigation, nnd one,in winter, when they havo the aid of the winter rains. Tho crops grow luxuriantly, and yield more abun dantly than in the United States; and. nearly every kind of vegetable, fruit or .grain raised in this country can be produced in Palestine.” Death or a PRi.4TEB.L-We regret to an- ' nonnoe the.death, by cholera, of B. gg Pace, a printer of this city. ~^vN||pnftoif this ,V \ life yesterday afternoon, after an fetes* cfow • hours. Mr. Pace was ranch esteemed by hi* D" ^ ‘ numerous friends and acquaintances. 'He was ? widely known as fee most rapid^fompositor per- ? . . haps in the United States. grew nearer. , The hour came at last, the weeping neigh bors assembled to see the child die. The dew of death was already on the flowor, as its life- sun was going down forever. The little chest hetved faintly, spasmodically. ■ff“Do you know me. darling?” sobbed, close to her ear, the voice that was dearest; but it awoke no answer. All at once a brightness, as if from the up per world, burst over tho child's colorless coun tenance. Tho eye-lids flashed open, the lips parted, the wan. subsiding hands flow n.p, in the little one’s -repulsive effort as the looked pierc ingly r.ito the far spirit world, j,"Mother!” she exclaimed, with surprise and transport in her voice, and passed with that breath into hor mother’s bosom. Said a distinguished divine who stood by that bed of.ioyous death: "If I never before believed in the ministration of the departed ones, I could not doubt it now.” —Eclectic. TVarxkp in- a Dream.—A Indy passenger in the Baltic, who had intended to take passago in the Arctic, dreamed two nights in succession that tho latter steamer had foundered at sea.— Tho dream mad-' such an impression upon her face burled in his. hands, apparently, la great tribulation. ^ ^ “Oh, I don’t know,” cried he, “Tva felHike a fool all day.S. - - “ Weft,” returned fee wife, consolingly, “ Fra afraid yon will never be any better—you look the very picture of what jton figgl." m A New View op the Maine LiwJSbJoha Jones has no objection to tho ftek-her law when applied to Jane. Jauc Jones contends-stoutly for the liquor law, as applicable to JoWf; Jane’s argument is simple and coneliuive. When John does liquor he does lick he.r t when John don't liquor, he don’t licie^ker, therefore If John can’t liquor ho won’t lick her,- the conclusion sho wishes to reach. Statistics for toe People.—The popula tion of New York i? £00,000, of which 30,000 maybe classed a floating population. Of the fi.ooo persons who aro criminals or iu charge of the Governors of the Almshouses, three-fourths of the whole number aro foreigners, and almost every ono of these foreigners are Roman Cath olics. Iu the year 1853, there were committed to the prison of this city, for 93 specified, 28,- 405, of whom 22,291, on nearly four-fifths, were foreigners. Of 7,075 liquor sellers, 6,597 are foreigners. The cause of religion suffers by the great number of papists, rationalists, deists and atheists thrust upon us. In this city are 50,000 German Infidels, with their poisonous publications; 200,000 Roman Catholic? governed wholly by an insolent and bigoted priesthood; 250,000 who are wholly destitute of any means of grace; 43,000families arc without a copy of God’s word—-Y. T. Tribune. The oftener carpets aro shaken, tho longer they will wear. The dirt that collects under them grinds out the thread. If you wish to preserve fine teeth, alw.iys clean them thoroughly after you havo eaten your last meal r>t night. Woolen should be washed in very hot suds, nnd not rinsed. Lukewarm water snrinks wool en goods. Do not wrap, knives and forks in wooling.— Wrap them in good strong paper. Steel is in jured by lying in woolens. Barley straw is host for hods : but dry corn husks slit into shrews aro bettor than straw. When molasses is used much for cooking it is a’great improvement to boil nnd skim it before you use it. It takes out the unpleasant raw taste, and makes it almost as good a? sugar. When molasses is used much for cooking, it is well to prepare one or two gallons at a time. Never allow ashes to bo takeu up in wood, or put into wood. Always have your matches and lamp ready for use in case of sudden alarm. Have important papers all together, where you can lay your hands upon them at once in case of fire. Use hard soap,to wash your clothes, and soft to wash the floors. Soft sonp is so slippe ry that it wastes a good deal in washing clothest Death of a Reharxable Wohax.—A fe male named Jeanne De Lax, died iu New York a few days ago, from injuries received by being run over by an omnibus. She was 65 years of age, and the Journal of Commerce thus speaks of her: . --Jt < : The assessors of the city tofts always en- coantered in her a most reluctant tax payer, and piteous appeals were made to their clemen cy ; for,'‘to all appearances, she was in great pecuniary distress, living in a secluded apart ment in an upper story, with a scanty supply of antique wearing apparel and rickety furni ture, denying herself the ordinary comforts of life. In consideration of her extreme poverty ’ fee dseompewtioB of the nitre; the. at i®re eondsensed therein instantly nfiites with tba combustible, and fee result is an in- tcsmly hot gaseous compound, two thousand rimes fee bulk of the original solid. The English government gunpowder ia composed of 75 parte of nitie, 15 of charcoal, and 10 of sul- -4pinav Tbj V- •• -.r, government powder con- Stfadaw! 7&i part- >,i ? 131 of charcoal, and 131 f>i sftlpfctw ^ . Sqc l«£8 S-ovi-.fi(. rojtTY AT a Lasp Sale.— A eon-espomfeirt of the Herald, writing from SlTsal; SHsawsoU. thus desaafiS^^gpceed- recorded somewhat after the following manner: It came to pass in thoso days that the messen ger of the Lord came to < , and. while the woman slept, behold the angel stood by her in a dream, and said unto her. •‘Woman, enternot into the ship which is called the Arctic, for it shall come to puss that evil shall befall her, and there shaft be greet tribulation on tho sea.” And again the second time the angel came unto the woman in a vision by night, and warned hor, saying the samo words. And It came to pass that she awoko and was grievously afiiictcd in. spirit. And the woman feared the Lord and obeyed the voico of hi* messenger. And after many day.-: it came to pass, when a thick ini.st was on the Face of tho waters, that the Arctic, being far from land, was struck by ono of tho Emperor's ships. And there were onboard tho Arctic at tho time three hundred ami four-ieoro souls. And after four hours tbo vessel went, down, mid two hundred, four-score and seventeen souls perished in tho sea. And it came to paes that the others, being in nil four-scoro nnd three, cseuped to tho land, some in boats and some on fragments of tbo wreck. If the above fact is any more significant by being thus recorded, we hope it may ho duly sanctified to the best good of all skeptics. Oh, faithless and pwversq generation ! how long will ycresist the truth and continue in your unbelief f ||gHH[P'Tg? ? Why are some things of one color, and some of another? Because every ray of light is com posed of the colors of tho rainbow, and some things reflect ono of these colors and some an other. . Why do somethings reflect one color, and some anotho- ? Because the surface is differently con structed, both physically, chemically, andthere- fore some things reflect .one ray, some all the rays and some none. Why is a roso red ? Because fe« surface of a rose absorbs the blue and yellow rays oflight, and reflects only tfctjfred ones. Why is a violet blue? Because tho surface of tho violet absorbs tho red and yellow rays of tLj sun, and reflect? the blue only. Why aro some things black? Because they absorb all tho rays of light, and refloct none. Why aro some things white ? Because they absorb none of the rays of light, but reflect all! What Is tho cause of the wind ? Tho sun hoats tho earth, tho earth heats air resting upon it, as the warm air ascends, tho void is filled up with ariish of cold air we call wind. Why does the black skin of a negro nevec ftcoruh or blister with the sun ? .Becnuse the Axotoer Expedition for Luusria.—Ar* rangomenta have been made by the Colonisa tion Society to send the brig (feneral X**reff . from Savannah on fee 30th December. It I* expected that about entl&undfeid emigrant^ *|1I embark, mostly from Georgia and Tena^i^e. .. The British Fleet.—A Washington letter to the New York Courier says r—" Private ad vices from London state that Lord Clurendon had made vory singular and inconsistent in formal and unofficial explanations respecting British naval movements in the Wect Indies. Upon ono occasion the Foreign Secretary said they had no harbor room for the ships which it was necessary to recall from the Baltic, and The Kxow Nothigs elected their candidate for co«p*ty commission in Appalschicala, Fla., last week. - - * -J ’• Mme. Jenny Lind Goldshmidt has bqJi com pelled again to contradict rumors infelicities. She represents her hueha|d to be “a model of conjugal attachment asJ affec tion. ,to - f Keep took HottleS Fcll.—Peo«#are fre quently found dtad with an emp'y bogle beside thorn which ft rove; tbo danger of ftftS^»tyJ^5^4 the necessity of * full, one* •' 'f^ The Answer.—Tho State Register wishes to know tho velocity of a running account. An exchange answers it thus— “Multiply tho distance between you nnd tbo Sheriff’s office by tho dinmoter of your impru dence ; tho quotient will bo tlm answer in miles. Suppose the distance is 15 miles, and tho din- motor of your Imprudence equal to §30 n dny, theso multiplied show that you arc going to the devil with a velocity equal t6 450 miles per week.” Solomon HiU once ba!lj; 'a mill ? On Pinchgut’s sandy fibrin, ,f ■ ¥ There was no water jn a mile aJd a quarter Unless there came a ri in. | bi<L&ff every acre of tbo land at the miai- Wr mum prtee of government, $1 25 per acre, and F ' rsot ft speculator dared to bid against him. k. Some of the speculators would Itave bid in spite of the revolvers of the claimant*, but they were deprired of fee opportunity. All of this I class ve«> marked, and before the bidding com menced they were severally invited “to go and take a drink,’ by some hospitable squatter who would not take to// for an answer. It was in vale for them to reply that they had ‘just token something/ or that they 'never indulged in any * thing of fee sort/—-each one was surrounded by a gang and burned off about two miles where fee squatter's buggy which contained the fluid was stationed. Before the parly could return V to fee land office, the lands had been struck off to fee agent of the claimant. It has been ntmored here that fee sale had been repudiated " at Washington, but a* the money baa been paid to fee government agents, anff the titles to the tend tamed in duo form, it is hardly probable fiufl ttieiteinijtmtioR wold legally overrule squatter sovereignty la this case, if they denire iti Sa H Two Iti voi-jiArrc Genera ?.s. Tn reference to the^tection in New Orleans, bv 2,000 iniyor- 5iy, of the Know-Nothing candidates for Sen ator and two Representatives to the Legislature, over the regular democratic candidates, the New Orleans Courier, (Democrat,) said, that “General Apathy officiated on the Democratic side,” The Mobile Reg inter, however, “reckon* General Apprehension had a hand in it.” “Politicians/'the Regliter add", “seem to be awfully shy of theso Know-Nothings, nnd are staying away from tho pMls until they hoo l ow tho ' eat jumps.'" Tho Rcgialer is otto of tho ahlent 'jbernocratir. paper# of the South, Com menting upon the remarks of tho Courier and Register tho Now Orleans Bulletin, (Whig) says: “Had every legal vote in the city been polled wo have little doubt .Mr. Lavergne’a majority would have reached five thousand. It certainly would not have been loss than four thousands “General apprehension” prevails throughout tbooffleo-holding ranks accympnnled' by a general shaking in uhocs."-~llepublrgqtr Runner. INFALLIBLE REMEDIES Wo have no faith in quack medicines, but think it olw ays best whon sick to apply to a regular physician—there aro, however, some simple remedies, fw cortain disorders, we can recommend us infallible: For sea sickness, stay at home. For drunkenness, drink-cold water. For accident, keep out of danger. For fear of Sheriffs, pay your debts. To be happy, be honest. pane of gloss. “Hooray! tin* Know-Nothings have carried tho day, and Smith is Mayer pf^ Besting.” v‘ “Well, Isaac," said Mrs. Partington, no need of making rich a fart about ft/ couldn’t make hitire fuss if a fcorse haffiMtift .foggi instead of a innre.” Hi Too Goon ro be Lost.—The boarders in one of our fashionable houses were assembled in the public parlor ono stormy evening, when a rather antique maiden lady, who never seems to have any occupation but admiring her Jewelry and dresses, lisped out a remark that she lov ed a raiuy day, and always availed herself of ono to nrrange her drawers. “So do T,” growled out an old sea captain. “I overhaul my drawors and shirt too sometimes^ r.nd sew ou a button or a string when it ia was ted.” W Madamoieclle did not faint, but there WM an . angry rustle ot her silks as she swept the room tot leaving all to exchange a suppressed titter for ft e P A Live Noblkmax.—There is an nmusingsto- ry told concerning the last arrival of the Mex ico at Galvoston. It appears that among the list of passenger? on the manifest, tho name of “Karl of Durham” was legibly recorded. The news quickly spread, and was promptly oom- municated to the English Consul, who in the gefterosity of his nature, at once engaged two rooms for his distinguished countryman at the Tremont, and then proceeded with a carriage to the steamer to convey him to his quarters, when “one gran’ mistake” was discovered. The Earl of Durham on the Mexico provod to bo a largo Durham Bull from Kentucky ! Tho Con sul was doing well at lust accounts." ' ^£3* Election fell on one of tho wettest <lays of the season*^-—North Bridgewater Gazette, Yes, and isyrae fee wettest blanket that ever fell on fee shoulders of a once powerful party. —-Bouton Pott To please all, mind your own*fcuainess. To make money. Advertise. f- < V-: To have a good conscience, keep the com mandments. To do right, take an agricultural paper. To prevent stammering, speak nothing but the truth. To sleep weft, be industrious. To havo your memory blessed, pay the prin- T ’ A man asking another whom he was about to help to a ehicken, whether bo wished the wing ortho leg,1 “It is a matter of indifference to me," Mid fee other; and infinitely more so to me, replied tho carver, toying down his knife and good laugh. fork and resuming bis dinner.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, January 02, 1855, Image 1