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About The Wilkes republican. (Washington, Ga.) 185?-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1857)
BY WM. WILSON. VOLUM IV—NUMBER 43. THE WILKES REPUBLICAN. XT TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, IN AD VANCE. BY Will. WILSON. Terms f AdrcrliHing. ’ Advertisements will bo conspicuously inserted in tire Republican at One Dollar per Square of Ten lines, cn less, for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each sub sequent insertion. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS iascrted at the cus tommy rates of the country. Advertisements not limited will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Liberal arrangements will be made with merchants cpd otjiftr )ueii Y who luay wish to advertise by [advertisement.] Ordinances of the Town of Wash ington. PASSED, JUNE 5, 1657. SECTION L. The marshal shall have power to enter peace ably any private enclosure, and to examine any place where he may suspect the law is being violated, and to search any negro house, but shall commit no violence except in the mode rate punishment of persons of color. If his entrance on enclosures or into negro houses is obstructed so that he cannot ••liter he may ap ply to the white person having jharge of the lot to order the removal of such obstruction, who shall accordingly remove it under a penal ty of five dollars. section Li. It shall be the duty of the marsh'a’i to pat rol within the town limits and the immediate vicinity thereof, and any whcic within the corporate limits that ho may think proper from the ringing of the bell at night until day liguc. He shall examine all ann every person of color if found in the streets;.and if such persons not being nsua’ly resident within the town limits, have no pass, or if tiny colored person shall bo drunk or gambling, or behav ing in a disorderly manner, or shall be found anywhere under circumstances inducing a reasonable sus| icion of their being runaw ys or criminal, he may in his discretion i ithet m oil them not exceeding 39 stripes, or may put them in tha Guard House, or both, and it shall be the duty of the marshall at till times to preserve order within the corporate limits. SECTION Lit. It shall be the duty of the marshall to cause the bell to be rung as follows; From 21st of March to 2lst September at !)£ o'clock, on all nights except Saturday, and on that night at 10 o’clock, a id from 2isf. Sepfenth ;• March at 0 o’clock on a'l nights cx ca/t Saturday night, and on that night at 9j gfcock, P. M. SECTION Lilt. , Free persons of color arriving within the corporate limits shall within ten days, pay to the marshall f eu dollars. In case of neglect or refusal to pay the same, such person of col pr shall be committed to the Guard House and JO receive ten stripes per day until the same is paid, or he be delivered by order of flic board, or by other due course of law. section rav. No person of color shall occupy any house but that of some white person residing on the same square within ft ty yatds thereof, wi.h out a license to the owner, hirer, or guardian pf such colored perso i. who shall pa - livedo! lars for the same, o;> • granted at the discre tion of the board. It such license is granted, the applicant shall give bond with approved security in the penalty of fifty dollars, condi tioned for the good boh tviorof such person of color, and for his keeping an orderly house du ring such time as the !>•> unlinay prescribe, mid also for the payment of all tines that may be imposed upon him with.a that time. Hut such bond shall in no wise t -nd to prevent or sup ercede the ordinary process of collecting such Sacs. Such licensed residences shall be sub ject to all ordinances respecting dwelling houses. White persons permitting the occu pancy of houses contrary to this ordinance may be fined two dollars for every day. and .colored persons so occupy ing shall be liable to receive five stripes, and if free to be fined two dollars. SECTION LV. No slave within the corporalc limits shall hire his own time from his master,'or have the use of his own time thereiu by virtue of any contract made with his master out of those limits, unless in cither case a duplicate li* cense shall have been granted by the board, one to the master and the other to the slave, expressing therein the length of time within which he may do so. Nor shall a free person of color hire himself within the corporate limits, unless a duplicate license as afoiesaid shall have been granted to Tis gnardian and himself. Any white person ‘offending against this ordinance, shall be fined ‘one dollar for each day, ail every colored person so offending, shall be liafble to receive five lashes, and if free be fined two dollars for each day in which such person of color shall be thus illegally employed. And the fact of any person of coler being found employed un der his own* contract and not producing his license, shall be presumptive evidence against *him; and if found so employed after notice to such owner or guardian of his having offered to hire himself, it shall be presumptive evi dence against such owner or guardian, and ‘sufficient fora conviction if not repelled. SECTION LVI. .; .. , No colored persou shall be considered as a hired or house servant within the meaning of this ordinance, when the person to whom he is such pretended servant exacts only a partial or casual or nominal service from him. , SECTION LVII. - Any slave residing within the corporate lim its and hot under the control of some white person therein, or any free person of color re siding therein, who shall not have a guardian in the county, may respectively be treated as runaways. section Lviii No person of co or shall retail spirituous ii tpiors within life Corporate limits. Nor any such person Set dr keep A table, or otherwise sell ar hawk any beer, cake, dressed or other Victuals, or driuk of any kind in a street; pu blic place, or any house not occupied by a white person, within the corporate limits with out a license, foe which he shall nay two dok If any such person shall be found offending hereiu it shall be the duty iff the Marshall to seize all such articles, anil lie shall also seize and sell the table, stauds and ware wheron the same shall be exposed, and inflict oti each of fender ten stripes, and if he be free he shall be liable to be lined two dollars tor each vio lation. section ui. If any slave or free person of color shall be convicted of having intoxicating liquors not supplied to him by lus owner, employer, or guardian, he shall be punished with stripes not exceeding thirty-nine on his naked body. Any slave or free person o. color convicted of being drunk, or playing cards in the streets shall receive the same punishment. Any slave cr free person of color convicted of selling intoxicating liquor, or of keeping it for sale or distribution shall receive on his naked body not exceeding sixty-five stripes. And the marshall shall in every case keep the offender iu safe custody for trial. section lx. , 1 Any white person trading with a person of color within the corporate limits on the Sab bath day or in any night after bell ringing, and before sunrise, without written permission from the owner, or employer or guardiau of such person of color, shall be liable to bo fined two dollars. And any colored person so of fending shall be liable, if slave, to receive 25 lashes, ami if free ten stripes, and shall more over be liable to tho flue aforesaid. And if any colored person shall be found on the Sabbath ‘day or within the aforesaid hours of any night in any store house or lipling shop or in the yard or inclosure appertaining thereto, hnless sent there by the person having the charge aad direction of him, it shall be taken as ore sumptive. and unless explained shall be con clusive evidence against such colored persons and against the owner ami the keeper of such store house or tippling shop of a violation of this ordinance. And in all such cases it shall be the duty of the marshall to repo’t such per son to t lie next meeting of the board, and al so to notify them to appear to answer for such offence. section LXI. No white person shall trade W'tji a person of color at any time within tii rporate lim its by purchase, sale or barter in any cotton, fodder, meal, flour, corn or other r 1 ’ ‘ hat ever, or any tobacco, meat or p. -iy above the value of one dollar, unless suet, colored person has a written permission from his own er. employer, or guardian, specifying the kind arid quantity of such articles, under the penal ty of being fi led in asumitot exceeding five dollars. Any person of color offending as aforesaid or trading with a person of color in any of the articles aforesaid, the buyer and seller shall be liable to receive each, if slaves, 50 lushes and if free ten. and shall moreover bn subject to the fine afotesaid. Hut colored persons are i*''! ■ i y and permit. milk, small f '—- ■■ = ‘TIImV| rrtTftrrr.-wefncn ‘.., T melons, and such Other articles as in the op'yiiou of the board arc ge nerally vended by them for their own ns;. SECTION LXil. No colored person shall keep any horse, honied cattle or hogs within the corporate Uni ts. It shall be the duty of the marshall to taic up any of the afpresail animals that lie mavfiud. be ongiug to .my person of color, and after five days advertisement to sell them and pay the proven Is thereof to the trea uuer. (Inducting besides Ins other costs, for horses five dollars, for horned rattle one dollar, and for hogs twenty live cents each for taking up. But the owner of stt.da animal. being a white person, may have such animals before sale, mak ing affidavit tho he is the owner, before any member of the ooard; or may have the pro c edsof the sale thereof on making such affi davit, an 1 paying the s lid fees and costs to the marshall. SECTION LXHI. Any person of color not usually resident within the town limits being found therein on the Sabbath day. or any other holiday without a written permit, and apparently not sent by those having the charge or management of them, or having, or offering at any time to sell or purchase, any prohibited articles, or being drunk or behaving in a disorderly or noisy manner, may be whipped not exceeding ten stripes by the marshall, and be confined in the guard house during that day and until one dollar to the marshall and all other costs shall be paid. FIRE. SECTION lxiv. • Thcrcshail not be within the town limits or within 400 yards thereof, any wooden chimney; nor shall fire be kept or used in any hobse not having a chimney; or ii) any china-i ney not extending ac least eighteen mches higher than the highest part of the house or in a house in any other manner which three members of the board shall deem dangerous. The owners or occupiers of houses offending herein may be fined three dollars for every day such chimney shall stand after notice to remove it. and for every day on which fire may be hffd or used at any one time tlicrin. It shall be the duty of the marshal to extin guish such fires wherever he may think tho danger imminent. And it shall bo bis duty to prescribe the disposition and direction of stoves and stove pipes. section lxv. A sum not exceeding ten dollars shall be paid by any owner or occupier of a bouse hav ing a chimney which shall be seen burning within the limits of the town within 400 yards thereof, except when it is raining or immedi ately thereafter. SECTION LXVt. If any white person shall sec fire carried or had by a colored person in such place or manner as such white person may deem dan gerous, he may instantly extinguish it and may indict on such colored person ten stripes. And if any white person shall be seen to have or carry fire so as to be downed dangerous, such persoo .may be fined cot exceeding five do. lars. SECTION Lxvil. No person within tho town limits shall set up a plank or other kiln, or have fire in the open air for butch :ving. Nor shall any fire be kept iu the open air within the corporate limits which iu tho opinion of the marshal Or any three members of the board is dangered- Nor shall any person burn rockets or crackers or ..ay kind of fire works within the fova lim its, except cn set occasions of rejoicing. Any person offending herein triay Be fined ten dol lars, and each day on which such fire, shall be seen burning shall be a distinct offence. It shall be tbc duty of the Marshal to citfngqisb $n suh fires fcrewitii, “www-vskiiW-slKmw,'’ WSHINGTON, GEORGIA, FBUjaY JULY 3, 1857, SECTION liXTIII. The marshal shall procure four public lad ders, of different sizes, well painted, and pre serve them in some safe place. section lxlx. Any person who shall within tho town limits or within 200 yards of any dwelling except his own, in the corporate limits shoot off and discharge any fire arms except at times of public rejoicing or on some necessary occa sion or by accident may be fined two dollars for every such offence. TO BE CONTINUED* ■■■ . ———SB JOCtoL Tlie Inquiry. Tell me, ye winged winds, That round my pathway roar, To you not know some spot, Where mortals weep no more 1 Some lone and pleasant dell. Some valley in the West. Where, free from toil and pain, The weary seul may rest ? The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low*, And sighed far pity, and it answered “.No !” Tell me, thou mighty deep, Whose billows round me play, Ktiaw’rt taaa some favored spot, Some Island far away, Where weary man may find The bliss for which he sighs ; Where sorrow never lives* Aim! friendship never dies ? Tin loud waves roaring ia perpetual flow, Stopped for a while, ad siglipd to answer ‘.No !’ And thdU|9Crcnc3b moon, That with such holy face, Doth look upon tho earth. Asleep in nights embrace, Tell me, in all thy round. Must thou not Hocn some spot Where miserable man Might find a happier lot ? Behind a cloud tho uioan withdrew iu woe, AnJ a sweet voice, buts ul, responded, u No ? M Tell me, my sacred soul, Oh ! tell nc, Hope and Faith, Is there uo resting place. From sorrow, sin and death ? Is there no happy spot, Wnero mortals may be blessed— Where grief may find nbuliu, And weariness a rest T Faith,’ Hope an! Lo7.>, b33n to mortal* given, Waved the bright wings, and whispered—‘Vcs Arise dlait roiis. Sectionalism. “Wli-itN iii ii n iir.- ?■’ The influence of more epithet wis probable not half so great in the time of Shakespeare, ns it Is at present, but even then a large major ity of people were controlled by it. .Things in themselves indifferent, bceoine bad or good in I the estimation of very many persons, accord ing to the inline by which they are called, and stran.ee to say, bad names carry with them more power to injure, than good, ones lo to biess. Whether this results from the fact that hate is more active than love, and its ))hrases are framed with intenser point and piquancy, or that there is more evil than good io ihe world, and men prefer abuse to praise, wc do not know, but so it is, and it has been from time immemorial, a dexterous device to embody in terms of reproach, an opposition which perhaps could not bo sustained by ar gument, and even if susceptible of defence, would not be ha’f so influential. Foster, in in bis essay on the use of the ‘Epithet Roman tic ’ very clearly elucidates this subject, and it is astonishing how many sensible people are intimidated by a verbal shadow. In some communities ‘gambling’ is abhorrent to the public moral sense and universally denounced but ‘speculation - is perfectly legitimate, as if gambling on cotton or stocks was really differ ent from gambling on horses or cards. But wc did not intend to descant on this subject at large. We took up the pen to call attention to a particular instance. Whenever a citizen of the south, seeing perhaps, more clearly than’his fellows or more deep'y feeling the wrongs imposed upon this portion of the coun , try ; appreciating more fully the dangers which environ our inssitutions, and the cer tainty of ruin sooner or later- uules something be done to arrest the impending penil; when actuated by impulses of ardent patriotism he employs warmth of expression, he is immedi ately denounced as an ‘agitator,’ and his opin ions arc pronounced ‘sectional.’ Now we beg to say first that ‘loyalty’ is always ‘sectional.’ It to love the spot of one’s birth, the home of one's parents the scenes of one's childhood, the community of one’s early association, the State of one’s nativity or adoption, the section in whichone lives, in fine, if to loves one’s own ■country better than any oaher. be wrong, then is ‘sectionalism’ in this modern interpretation wrong, but not otherwise. The purpose of the Democratic party is not to destroy those local.prejudices which chatactcrizc different sections but to exclude them from the action ot government, and to prevent their indul- geuec. to the injury of others, who arc under no obligation to respect or obey them. We do not expect, at least and o not require, a Nor them Democrat, as part of his creed, to pre fer Southern institutions to bis own, abstract ly, but we ask and require that he should afford us all the protection and aistar oe which as equals, wc are entitled under siitution. No matfor wbgpwttf bw Ws individual sen timents >va cyiwlot expect him to corporate us slavery. That is the busing'and duty of the South, independent of • /political party. It is for us to organize ani expend our ib'tttutions as a section, hav ing one common bond and one common inter est ,to protect ourselves by strengthening every defence and enlarging tiic ared of slave ry; aad wc ought to be active and speedy a bout it, Our objection to tbo course pursued by Governor Walker is not that ho entertains a preference for Kansas as a free State, al though as a former citizen of the South, soot an oplniop is disloyal; but we protest against his using the influence of {iis official position ■to brine ahv,.,* ‘ yp e do not blame N*s4liern men for desiring Kansas to Im free, if it can be accomplished fairly, ami the pot*. r thus acquired is to be used lawfully and not against us. But it is the imperative duty *m'j Southern man to do his utmost to pretest such a contingency, and it is tho duty of the authorities to interpose no obsta cle, -fcVtflb not ask anybody to like slavery, if pereti* are not convinced by tho argument which air.otfrts to demonstration in its favor, we aremdifferent to their private notions ; but wt ftttiist that we arc equals under the Government, and we intend to bo nothing else. If to cMWotir rights, to denounce our enemies auffjaccuwvs, to use every fair means to ex ply opfTMoiircrs be ‘sectional,’ then ought the Souf/Tt.) be ‘sectional.’ The New York News think it very ‘sectional’ for Southern men tU iwriemn the course of Gov. Walker, but wc (so not. H's conduct has been wholly iudifensvHe and ‘sectional’ in the narrowest sense of the word, for he has favored, in every way opo-a to him, the frecsoil party. He has gone out of his way to declare what the free, independent Convention of Kansas shonld do in adopting the Constitution. lie has Listed on its rc-sijjinistion, and done so on the fore gone conbiusion that it. would thereby exclude slavery. His whole address is taken up with an elaborate argument to show what brilliau prospects await it, as a free state ami as a crumb oi comfort to the slaveholders who are thus cheated, lie vaguely hints at the forma tion of a slave state out of a portion of Kansas and the Julian Territory. We arc not un reasonably. If a majority of the bona fide cilizcnfMNHCansas prefer the- exclusion of slav ery. it vnli be excluded ; and the mockery of adopting, ti form of government which will be immediately changed, would result in no prac tical aHhflmage ; but Gov Walker’s position encourages the immigration to the Territory of the hireling emissaries pf the Northern Aid Societies, who will only remain long enough to control the character of the State institu tions an-.i return. Tho decision made by them will not be the dccisioti of a majority of residents who are to be affected by tho dis- of this question. Gov Walker's duty oßviously imposed upon his neutrality, at least official silence.* In making his sugges tions, wbfpti assume the form of dictation, he is transcending the limits of his privilege, and trespassing upon tho province and prerogative of tho Convention. With the destiny of Kansas th£ Democratic party Inis nothing to do farther than to secure to all who go there, justice aud equality ; but tho settlement of the issue, tlS(Alter it shall become a free or a slave State, is duroty ‘sectional.’ in which struggle each section is entitled ft! use its best endeav ors carry out his own policy.—./Wo bile RcgntCt- _x , Tho Drinking Revolution. prei.iet, F, cause, like all other great revolu tions fraught with interest to mankind, it has risen so gradually and imperceptibly as to.of fer no (loanee to our tastes and no shock to our prejudges. It is unpretending and unde* inonstrullvj, but none the less interesting on that account. Its battles are fought, not on the stthat iu saloons, and result in the shed instead of bllood. This groat move neut is the Drinking Revolution—a contest for tipremaey between those old con servatives, Ahiskey ana Brandy on one side and those it. licals, Beer au I Wine on the oth er. V; It is not difficult to see that the milder be verages mijet ultimately win a triumph over their iinqdflfiory antagonists. They are daily growing more and more in the favor of imbi bers, wliipi- Whiskey and Brandy, emascula ted and rfprived of their ancient virtue, by the villai tous adulterations to which they are now subjected, arc fast losing their old hold on the aii'eotion of the public. There is an ‘awful qrrrtfny of whi.,key drunk’ yet, indeed ; but. manifestly not us much as was swallowed tea years ago. Old drinkers whose habits arc formed, aiM* who experience considerable dif ficulty themselves to new ones, stilUrth'wa to their fiery friends in spite of their dll literacy, but young imbibers, whose p.aetice sth-iic bar dates from a time since the introduction,pf Lager Beer and Catawba, e vince a preference for these drinks which will u'timately establish them, in the United States; as &utioaal drinks. Ineverdcity, breweries, are being multi plied to satisfy the prodigious and prodigious ly increasing demand for Beer ; and the wid ening blu. bes which annually multiplied vine yardstpnfeM -wer the landscape of M,s3ouri, Ohio and other States, attest our growing par tially for inane made wine, and our tiiscnthral inentjfron Jor, igu drinks. The claims of Beer are powor.rlly supported by the commands of fashiop, toe. It is very fashionable to quench the thirsJ_£ithliomely Lager, as the oceans of it swallowq * iilDcer saloons by respectacle young me*•'prove*. Indccd.it is said that young Auffricans are better customers at beer houses thai < le-Gcrmans themselves ; for the founcmptAMMft'S'i.iss after glass of the foam ing manner of Doesticks at Niagara I'ißl.Nliilc a phlcmatic Mynheer will drown a nwltiudc of sorrows and troubles in n single mug. We o.vc much to the Germans; bat when they shall have “uecceded, by covering our hill-sides with vineyards and building brewe ries, in the poisonous decoctions of fered to < 8 under tho name of Bourbon Whisky ;tt4Jivench Brandy, and establishing the use of tlie less injurious beverages of home made beer in 1 wine, our indebtedness to them will be befond the power of calculation. They havecoimteueed a revolution, which success fully carried out will make them our benefac tors, and Jo inorc for tbc cause of Temper ance than til the teetotal societies ever orgau- K prohibitory laws ever enact ilews, l'2th. i Birthplace to be Cover —The London Art Journal iliVtQjnany to learn that ar in progress for. cpvering with glass, or rteuer for putting into a huge glass case, the ftausc in which Shakespeare was born,, at Spatford-on-Avon. The houses on both sides have >ecn taken down, and the mon ument now-stands alone- The objeet of this course, r tjs protect the house against the ef fects of weather, and the further influence of uinc. We question, however, the taste of the arrangement, and fancy it will be a step from the spblimfe to the ridiculous.’ CFThp vciy latest novelty in dress in Paris is crinolipft efttves. Now, then, stand offeutire >y- iUiuo, Hie Talking Bird if lava. Wonders will never cease. How few per sons have heard a bird talk in plain, good En glish ?--f Wc have all listened so pretty Poll when slit .says, good morning,’ but pretty Poll has no Aumnaud of language,—she is not an adept ill etymology, syntax and prosody—She cannot talk syligistieally, like the talking bird of Javas-she ••ainiot. like him. give three prop oaitiqns—as for example; ‘My name is ‘lino —Mind is a pretty bird—llow do you do ?’ We ard aware that the present Queen of Eng land once had a parrot that said “good morn ing Vie,’ but never eould pronounce the words ‘Quecu Victoria,’ and on account of an unfin ished Mcreation was suddenly neglected or turned over to the understrappers of Windsor Castle. There.is a talking bird now living in Mod ern Athais that has either been remarkably well educated, or has intuitively caught the true spirit of the liteary atmosphere we are all perniittod to breathe, and this bird talks com mon sense in good plain English. He is a rare curiosity, mid wc do not believe that our old friend Audubon ouid have sent a bullet through Miim's head, wlni for the sake of curichinghis superb Ornithology with another beautifuliSpccimen. especially if Mino had said to the distinguished ornithologist in his winning and good natured manner . —‘Good morning, sir.’ We saw tlio talking bird, Mino, at his home in Tremout street. No. 74, a few days since, and were much astonished and pleased. It is difficult to give an adequate cl,-scription or him. He is about the size of a crow-blackbird, al though a little heavier. His length from the tip of the bill to the cud of the tail feathers,is about twelve inches. Helms a yellow bill one inch in’length. His plumage is remarka bly beautiful, when it glistens in rays of sun. It is a very rich variegated purple and green. The wings are nearly black, with white bars near the ends. The feathers on the head arc very short,'line and thick, and resemble the richest glosY of dark velvet. He lias a long and beautiful la,ipel of bright yellow extend ing from efth side of the back of his head to the nape of his neck ; there is also a small yellow oblong mark on each side of its head. His legs and claws are yellow. His tongue is long, pointed at the end, broad in the throat and flat, thus differing from that of the parrot, which is rout'd, short, and somewhat curved. Mr. James Maun, the well-known taxuler mist of this, city, informs its that the Mino birds, so called, are natives of Java, and that they are rare even in this island ; moreover, that they seldom talk. They have a great appetite, and will eat, voraciously, cooked or raw meat, bread, potatoes, and fruit, although they appear to relish simple meal mid milk. Mr. Maim possessed a Mino bird, some years ago which could whistle, and imitate different sounds, hut it could not pronounce words. •The bird Mino, ill Tremolit',; ‘ et, • prop "f Y*r- has Am’ tenor voire, and shows ml ai trcty ,:k'.tte termed irrretu gence. Wo I rave seen several per ..mis looking admiringly a; him, uinl have beard Idffi say in the most liistinet manner, after he lias gaz ed intently apparently listening to the con versation ‘My name is lino.’ At',er wait ing some litre, as ? he expected a compli ment t lie I :stowed upon him, he tias raised his beautiful head and proudly said :—•Mino is a pretty b rd.’ If no person offers any words of praise, lie jumps about his large cage a few times, turns liis back to the astonished spec tators and indignantly and emphatically says, in a sharp tone: ‘Go away .'—go away!’ He then gives it loud and hearty guffaw, exactly like the ‘lis ha ha !’ of a human being. Os course, cviiy person laughs tit the droll bird and the dip,l bird laughs again, and says : ‘Good morliug.’ When he sees his admirers disperse, hi tells them tn the plainest language to ‘Shut tlit door.’ If he is asked his name in an affectioiiite manner, ho will immediately reply :—‘My name is Mino—How do you do?’ When he liars several persons conversing ear nestly togiher, without taking any notice of him. he cxilaims :—‘What are you talking for?’ The word* are so suddenly spoken, and the sound i o closely resembles a human voice, that one is really inclined to r ply that it is none of yqir business ! But Mino is polite, well educated, and very amusing, although be is vain anil fond of flattery. Every anise that wc have given wc heard Mino speafc in the course of fifteen minutes ; he could probably bo taught to extend bis knowledge of the English language, that he could do ill! the talking tit the next session of our Legislature for nothing, and thus save considerable money to our tax paying citi zens. It is a fact that, when he is in the hu mor, he speaks the Maylay language, soto voce and apparently for his own gratification. Wo hope that -Mr. Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith, wili listen to Miuo's foreign lingo and give us a translation of it for, mayhap, some long lost linos ot an ancient poet may yet bo preserved to usby this very remarkable bird. Ho certainly manifests a certain degree of intelligence, lie apparently takes pleas ure in listening to ordinary conversation and lias extraordinary imitative power. If he had the enthusiasm of an Audubon, WiUon, Buf lou, Couvier or Gould, wo should place tnis bird in a rank above all other birds. His owner, Mr. Chesloy, who will b s pleased to show his pet to the public who choose to call, has refused otic offer of five hundred dollars ;or him, aud another offer of six hundred. The Mino lives to a great age. and is said to be the only bird amongst the five thousand spe cies known in the world that talks f.oin the lungs and perfectly imitates the hufnrn voice. —Boston Traveler. Coal Formations of the World —The proportions of the superficial coal areas of the principal coal predneing countries of Europe and America, may bo thus stated : United States, 133.132 square miles ; British Ameri ca. cS.OOff square miles ; Great Britain and Ireland, 1,830 square miles ; Spain, 3103 square miles; France, 1710 square miles; Beltrinm, 518 square miles. Thus it will be seeifahnt tho United States lias a superficial coal area more than three times as great as all the countries of Europe. And it should be remembered, too, that the coal basins of the United States arc but partially explored and dclincd. In regard to production, however, rhe contrast is altogether in favor of Europe thus : Great lirh<unjnnd Ireland produce .Ml, 500,000; Belgium 5,00(1,000; France 4.141,- 617; Prussia, 3,500,000; Austria 7000; while the United States, with a eoal area more than | three times,the extent of all Europe, actually ‘ produces but4.400,000 tons.—A'. O. Buiieu.i. ! ty The Tobacco cbew’r is said to be, like j a goose in a dutch oven—alway s on a pirk „ - } T. M. DANIEL, Editor. TERMS—S 2 PER ANNUM From the Baltimore Patriot. ,l.\ew Motive Power to Supersede Steam. We have been aware for some time past that Professor Salomon was engaged in our city constructing his patent‘‘Sulph. Oil Carbonic Acid Engine,” an 1 that his prospects of suc cess were highly encouraging. More than ten years has the Professor labored upon this favorite theme of his mechanical and scientific genius, occasionally encountering ditliculties, but by tloee application and unbending enter prise, he finally found his efforts crowned with abundant, success. We called yesterday afternoon, much to our gratification, and saw the engine in full suc cessful operation, where it had been working without interruption, several days, in Cypress alley, between fPratt and Lombard streets. This engine, being merely a model, or experi mental one, has of course, some imperfections, and may be greatly improved, bat it is calcu lated for four-horse power, being a common rectilineal or reciprocating steam engine, dif fering in no material feature from those in general use. The patent novelty consists in t ie motive power and its application, which wltoly supersedes steam. This motion is pro due and by a compound of do. sulphiated bi. sulphuret of carbon, coal tar and volatile, or fixed oil, which, under certain influences of beat becomes powerfully expansive and thus gives momentum. Though only a four-horse engine, it has performing the estimated duty of ten hoises, and lias been so doing since put into operation, nearly a fortnight ago. The fluid, or gas, constituting the motive power, is used over and over again, with scar cely any diminution or waste, being thrown, after performing its work, from the heater to the condenser to the heater again, with thor ough renovation. The beater where the gas or fluid is introduced is submerged in a cistern of beaten oil.j kept hot by a gentle fire. In this condition the gas expands, gaining” its power, and passing through pipes and valves, acts upon the piston, giving motion to the en gine. The appliances arc simple, easy of comprehension, free from complication, and nut subject to accident or disarrangement. Thus a s. eady, active force is at all times kept up. The cost of this fluid is estimated at ten cents per gallon, and it is demonstrated that eighteen gallons, by careful attention will run an engine of the capacity here noticed for one year. Its'components are such as not to freeze even at ninety degrees below zero. The a inouiit of fuel is in a proportion of fifteen lbs. of coal to one hundred pounds, compared with a s.team engine of the same dimensions, whilst more than double the force can bo brought into requisition. The engine which we saw in operation has a piston of twelve in ches stroke, crank G inches. Jt was doing the service of ten horse power under the break of a wheel II feet in dianteter, !>foht 11 in ‘les'tty ci re inference, pressed between two -ui rAu! side, ainl it friction ldoak on each bar of 7 inches in length, and 2} inches in width, on mi iron rim of 2 inches, under a weight of 112 po .mU, making jJU revolutions per min ute. To those versed in mechanics Ibis will in dicate the engine's capacity, or the power ap plied thereto by this wonderful agency. The heat causing the result here noticed was only 2-16 Fahrenheit, or GJ pounds working power, under exhaustion, and an atmospheric pressure of 15 pound- adverse, which adds that much to the act vo agent. By trial with steam in the same proportion, under a similar condition with 2G7 degrees of heat, the amount of pres sure was only 25 pzttiids to the square inch, and When tested the engine moved hut slight ly and stopped. Thus there is clearly demon strated an almost incredible superiority, or advantage of this new motor, in its application over steam. Besides the advantages abovo noticed; we are told—and indeed, it becomes apparent to practical or scientific observers— that explosions is impossible, and thus a mo mentous point is gained in obviating all dan ger. Professor Salomon was burn in Prussia, and has been a citizen of the United States over twenty-seven years. Swearing. “Trust not to the promise of a common” swearer,” says Francis Quarles, in hisEnchir dion, ‘for he that dure sin against his God for neither profit nor pleasure, wiil trespass a gainst thee for his own advantage. He that dare break the precepts of his father, will ea sily be persuaded to violate the promise to his brother., There is good common souse in this advice, and it would he well if it were general ly acted on- There are. no doubt, many g.eat scoundrels who never swear, and perhaps a few men of otherwise good conduct who some times transgress the commandment, but of the ‘common swearer' —the man whose every oth er word is an oath, and who cannot perform the most trivial or even disgraceful act without profanely invoking the name of the Supreme Being, hut little good can he said. He may he successful in business, shrewd in worldly dealing, andeourageous in facing danger, but in qualities that make up the truqgentleman and tlio Christian, he is wofully deficient. Take the man who is well read in good literature, who i.s agreeable to those in whoso society ho is thrown, and who3o name is but another word for boner and probity, and lie will never be found one who ‘Unpacks his heart with Words, Ann t ilts to cursing like a verv drub.’ Unhappily too many of our young men think it a mark of good breeding and social dignity to interlude their discourse with oaths and curses, wishing to appear, says a quaint old writer, that they are* on familiar terms with the Killer of the Universe, if they are not with the aristocracy of the land. How mistak en an idea this is may bo seen by the dislike iii’ ii of really goad breeding evince to the so ciety of these swearing pretenders. Our ris ing generation, with the human failing of learning that which is good, are sadly tainted With the vice c.f profane swearing. lie who doubts the fact has only to pass a group of boys at play in the street to be convinced. — Nor is the practice confined io the childreu of the poor or tli o degraded . the well dressed sons of the ‘better classes’ are very apt to bo those who swear the loudest and the most per tinaciously. Are the parents of such boys not aware that ‘hard swearing’ is frequently a pi oneer to more flagrant vices and crimes ? Wo wishing those addicted to this vice would hoed the advice of ‘holy G-corge Herbert:’ ‘Tako not his njune who made thy mouth in vaiu; It gets t.... nothin,', su'd hath no eX' 1 ts<*. Bust old wnu) plead a pleasure, avarice ! gain . . [. But the swearer through his common sluuw T .eta his soul run for nought,’
