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Th« Charge of the Light Brigade at
Balaklava
BY ALFRED TENNYSON.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league or.ward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Into the valley of death
Rode the six hundred,
For up came an order which
Some one had blundered:
/ " Forward, the Light Brigud ■!
“ Take the guns," Nolan said :
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade 1"
No man was there dismayed,
Kot though the soldier knew
Some one had blundered:
Their s not to make reply,
Their’s not to reason why,
Their’s but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them.
Cannon in front of them,
Voileyed and thundered:
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell,
Rode the six hundred.
Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed all at once in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an arm}*, while
All the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery smoke,
With many a desperate stroke,
The Russian line they broke;
Then they rode back, but
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them, I
Cannon behind them,
Volleyed and thundered:
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While hor.-e and hero fell,
Those that had fought so well
Cam© from the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Ilell,
All that was left ot them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade ?
Oh, the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made!
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Hisaltaoui
Courting in Church.
An eccentric rector remarked a gen
tleman at church who was not a par
ishioner, but who Sunday after Sun
day, placed himself in a pew adjoining
that of a widow. On the first occa
sion he detected him slyly drawing
the lady's glove off the back of the
pew, where she was accustomed to
place it. (Her hand and arm were
delicately fair.) Bye-and-bye the
lady’s prayer book fell—of course ac
cidentally—from the edge of her pew
into the gentleman’s. He picked it
up, found a leaf turned down ; and
scanned a passage which evidently
caused a smile of complacency. Our
minister saw all their movements, and
continued to watch them with a scru
tinizing eye, lor two successive Sun
days. On the"third, as soon as the
collects were read, and while the bea
dle yet obsequiously waited to conduct
him to the chancel, our eccentric pas
tor, in a strong and distinct voice,
said
“I publish the bans of marriage
between M and. JI , (de
liberately pronouncing the name of
the parties,) if any ol you know any
just cause,” &c.
The eyes of the whole congregation
were turned on the widow and the gay
Lothario; he lady suffused with
blushes, and the gentleman crimsoned
with anger; she farmed herself with
vehemence, and he opening and shut
ting the pew door with rage and vio
lence. The minister, meanwhile, pro
ceeded through the accustomed duties,
with the same decorum and ease as if
perfectly unconscious of the agitation
he bad excited. The sermon preach
ed and the service ended, &way to the
vestry rushed the parties to the heels
of the pastor.
“ Who authorized you, sir, to make
such a publication of bans ?” demand
ed they both in a breath.
“ Authorized me?” said with a
stare that heightened their confusion.
“ Yes, who authorized you ?”
“ Oh,” said the minister, with a sly
glance alternately at each, “if you do
not approve of it, I will forbid the bans
next Sunday.”
“Sir,”bsaid the lady, “you have
been too officious already—nobody re
quested you to do any such thing—
A CHilfflil!) |onniall)etmtti to literature, anti Central Bltsrcllann.
you had better mind your own busi
ness."
“Wby, my pretty dear, said he,
ratting her on the cheek, “what I
have done is all in the way of busi
ness, and if you :o not like to wait for
three publications, I would advise
you, sir, (turning to the gentleman)
to procure the license, the ring and
the fee, and the whole may be settled
as soon ns to-morrow.”
“ Well, ” replied the gentleman, ad
dressing the lady, “with vour permis
sion I will get them, and we may be
married in a day or two.”
“ Oh, you may both do as you
please,” pettishly, yet nothing loth, re
plied the widow.
It was a day or two after that the
license was procured. The parson re
ceived his fee, the bridegroom his
bride, and the widow Ibr the last time
threw her gloves over the pew, and it
was afierwards said the paities were
satisfied.
“ Nicholson ism. ”
This is anew term very appropriate
ly applied by the Louisville Journal,
to the efforts of A. 0. I*. Nicholson,
editor of the Washington Union , and
organ of the Fierce Administration, to
appropriate about twenty thousand
dollars of the people’s money to his
own private use, under a resolut on of
Congress. The House having ascer
tained his purpose, passed a resolution
unanimously, that lie was not entitled
to the money, which circumstance
drew forth the following pertinent com
ments of the Louisville Journal:
“If the men of the Washington LTn
ion, the public printers of the House
of Representatives, have any sense of
shame left, this vote of the House
must be dreadfully mortifying to them.
They chose to set up a most absurd
and ridiculous claim, under cover of a
law of the House, to a large amount
of money, as extra compensation for
work, and demanded of Mr. Guthrie
to pay it over to them without cere
mony, and undertook to get up a fuss
on account of his refusal. Now we
think that men, employees of the Gov
ernment, editors and proprietors of a
central Administration organ, guilty
of setting up a pecuniary claim so mis
erably preposterous that, notwithstand
ing the advantage of their official po
sition, not a solitary individual in a
large body overwhelmingly Demo
cratic, could be induced to recognize
it, should feel themselves degraded to
an almost inconceivably low level.
“When the editors of the Union
undertake to talk, as they do daily,
about “Galphinism, M “ Gar liuerism, ”
and what they call the peculations of
the Whig party generally, let the pub
lic remember the desperate attempt of
those editors to relieve the treasury of
“from twenty fifty to thousand dollars”
without the slightest color of right.
“Galphinism” is thrown very far into
the shade by this sort of Nicholsonism.
The Galphin claim was considered and
prononneed just and equitable by a
large portion of the Whigs and Dem
ocrats of both houses of Congress, but
not a man of that be dy can be found
to endorse or to tolerate the Nicholson
claim. The Pierce administration
keeps, and will perhaps continue to
keep, an organ pronounced by a unan
imous vote of the House, guilty of an
effort to obtain a large amount of the
public money upon a good-for-nothing
pretext!”
Tie Wilkes Republican in specula
ting about the approaching Guberna
torial election in this State, suggests
the name of the Hon. Garnett An
drew?, of Washington, as a suitable
candidate for the office of Governor
of the State, claiming that he is no
partizan, and that “ the great trust
ould not be confided to better and
safer hands.” We take great pleasure
in endorsing every thing our contem
porary has said of Judge Andrews,
and if he is a oanuidate for Governor
under proper auspices, we shall most
cheerfully support, iin; Without de
signing to disparage him, or any other
individual who has been mentioned
in connection with the Gubernatorial
nomination of the opposition to the
Administration, or to forestall public
opinion in this matter, we may as well
say that the Hon. Charles Jenkins, of
Richmond, is our choice against the
world, believing as we do, that he is
one of our purest and ablest public men,
and that defeated once for the office by
the seer strength of party organiza
tion, his claims should be din side red
by the people stronger than those of
many others, who are otherw'.s as
worthy of promotion. This is simply
the expression ofour individual prefer
ence, by which we do not expect or
design to influence the opinions of any
one. Indeed, though we, and many
other of his devoted friends through
out ihe State may desire it, Mr. Jen
kins will probably peremptorily refuse
to be dragged again into a contest for
the Gubernatorial chair.— Jour, & Mess.
jfc y
A father chiding his son for not
leaving his bed at an early'hour, told
him as an inducement that a certain
man being up by times found a purse
of money. l lt might be/ replied the
son, ‘but he that lost it was up before
him.’' - ■'•■v
——m u'-trir amain# ipaV'TOUJ <cai ——
EATONTON, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1855.
Debate ill the Spanish Cortes on
Cuba.
An important discussion took place
in the session of the lute Spanish con
stituent Cortes of the 18th December
last. Don Luis de an in
fluential and wealthy capitalist, repre
sentative of San Sebastian, made an
inquiry of the government on the sub
ject of the relations between the court
'of Spain and our own government. —
The Minister of State answered in a
short speech, of which the substance
is that the Spanish government would
never consent to the sale of Cuba,
considering it as a sale of the national
honor. The debate was closed bv the
unanimous adopti nos the proposition
of Mr. Olozaga, who moved that the
representatives had heard with
faction the declaration of the Minister
of State.
As this is the first time so important
a question has been treated in the
Spanish Cortes, we deem it interesting
t«> tr mslate for our readers the speech
of Mr. Marintegui:—
M. Mariategui —-The great impor
tance of the subject which I now of
f r to your consideration could alone
induce me to occupy the attention of
this assembly, so intently engaged in
other important discussions. Ido not
know but mv imagination exaggerates
the magnitude of this question, and I
must confess I long hesitated before
taking up the matter. Seeingtha' one
day after anolh t elapsed and none of
the representatives reminded us of'
the interesting questions which have
arisen in reference to our maritime do
minions—dominions whose loss would
cause us to descend in the scale of na
tions; seeing, also, that the subject of
our dip omatie relations with the gov
ernment of Washington lay as it en
tirely forgotten, 1 have decided to call
your attention to these points. I shall
be, gentlemen, extremely brief; but
even thus I feel the necessity of beg
ging vour indulgence. I know the in
convenience of publicly discussing the
diplomatic affairs of the country; but
if there are inconveniences in such dis
cussions, they have at the same time
great advantages; and, in my opinion,
the latter are, as to the present subject,
far more consideraole than the former.
If I am mistaken, my respectable
friend, the Minister of State, may con
fine himse’f within the limits of a di
plomatic reserve. I hope, neverthe
less, that he will be willing to give
such assurances as are sufficient to al
lay the anxiety of the commercial in
terests both in Europe and America.
Although the majority of the repre
sentatives :n this assembly are now be
ginning their political career, they are
alf, I feel sure of it, conversant with
the state of our colonial polities, and
know what are th€ dangers that threat
en our maritime possessions, especial
ly the island of Cuba. These dangers
come not from the discontent of the
Cuban population, though we must
agree that they have a right to ask for
some political as well as administrative,
and economical, reforms: those dan
gers grow from the existence else
where of an ambitious democracy,
proud of its absolute sovereignty. A
democracy, when it has attained such
a height/is essentially ty rani cal, im
agining that there can be no obstacles
to the accomplishment of its ambitious
schemes.
I cannot'accuse, as being the cause
of the existence of those tendencies,
the immortal Washington and his il
lustrious companions, the founder of
the greatest of republics. Neither do
I accuse their worthy successors. I
only accuse that European democracy,
w h ieh, conscious that its hour has not yet
come, nor perhaps will ever come, on
tins continent, seeks, like Kossuth, a
refuge there, and throwing away the
legacy of the great Washington,
preaches only war and devastation.
What were the elements which en
tered in the organization of those ex
peditions which in 1850 and ’sl left
the American shores to invade the is
land of Cuba? Only filibusters and
other similar characters, led by an un
fortunate Spanish g nerai, who, abu
sing the confidence of his superiors,
was honored with a commission in
Cuba, and afterwards dishonored him
self in the Spanish uniform. These
expeditions have, nevertheless, had a
most important result-*—that of show
ing the elements of resistance we have
m Cuba, and impressing the convic
tion that it cannot be conquered so
easily as were the Mexican territories.
The punishment which followed those
expeditions was indeed terrible* though
not unjust; and the energy' of the
Captain-General Concha preserved un
impaired our rich Cuban empire, ren
dering, at the same time, more easy for
his successor the defence of the island.
But now, I ask, 1 have those dangers
disappeared? On the contrary, gen
tlemen, perhaps they are now nearer
than before. The States in the South
of the Union* and also*' those in the
North, covet the annexation of Cuba,
each for different purposes, ami they
take up every subject which is likely
to occasion any misunderstanding be
tween our own and the American gov
ernments. The question of the Black
Warrior claims is present -to vour
minds, and affords a suflioient proof of
the truth of these assert ions.
The cause of their difference was a
very insignificant one, and still its con
sequences have been such as to make
the world believe that the moment
had arrived for a terrible conflict be
tween Spain and the United States.
The governin' nt of Washington, as
soon as the news of the supposed out
rage reached them, sent a commission
er to Cuba; a small squadron was or
dered to cruise the Cuban seas; Mr.
Soule received instructions to make, I
knovi not what claims for indemnity;
though, if what I have heard be
true, they implied the removal of all
the Cuban authorities who directly or
indirectly had meddled in the affair.
Some time afterwards, the President
sent a message to Congress asking lor
an appropriation of ten millions of dol
lars in order to provide for the expen
ses of the impending war. But the
commercial cities of the Union, con
vinc'd that the real importance of the
Black Warrior affair was greatly ex
aggerated, were not at all alarmed, and
the wisest statesmen at Washington,
imitating their example, resolved to
postpone the matter for more mature
consideration.
The report of the commissioner on
the Black Warrior affair was at last
made known. It stated that the mas
ter of the vessel was alone in fault, and
it prayed the Spanish government to
remit the mulct of six thousand dol
lars, which favor her Majesty willingly
granted. But, has this generous con
duct 011 our part been enough to
ty the exacting dispositions of the
American government? Has the
American Minister ceased to urge his
claims? If we are to believe what
foreign newspapers say, exactly the
contrary is the truth. I understand
that now claims are made, all founded
in offences entirely imaginary, and for
damages which never have been caus
ed.
One of the objects of those claim#
is the losses that have accrued to
American commerce, by the fact that
the Cuban authorities, in 1846, declar
ed free of duty certain imported ar
ticles of consumption, and afterwards,
by a decree of the government in Ma
drid, the duties were re-established.
But no claim can be fairly made on
this ground, because t+ie measure adop
ted by the Cuban authorities was sub
ject to the superior revision of the
central government, and above all, be
cause a natron always has a right to
modify its tariff whenever it deems it
proper.
One instance identical with this may
be found in the cotemporary history
of the United States. During the fi
nancial troubles prevailing in that re
public in 1842, the government of
the country, in order to augment its
revenues, caused an augmentation in
the duties on articles of importation to
be made; and such was the speed with
which a committee on the matter was
appointed, and the vote passed in
Congress, that the merchants of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands
experinced considerable losses.
Now, gentlemen, I will say a few
words concerning some statements
which I have read in foreign newspa
pers, but of whose exactness I have
110 where a proof.
It is stated the American govern
ment, in adopting the course they
have incessantly pursued since the be
ginning of this affair, had only in view
the acquisition of Cuba, unwilling to
lose the opportunity of the two gov
ernments of France and England be
ing engaged in a gigantic struggle
which would render them unable to
render any assistance to us. It was
agreed that the American government
should send an energetic note to Ma
drid, stating that, owing to certain
political and geographical considera
tions, the possession of Cuba had be
come necessary to the security of that
republic, and their duty made it ne
cessary for them to propose to us a
friendly transfer of our right of sov
ereignty over Cuba, or to ask such
guarantees as to prevent in future the
renewal of these disagreeable differ
. ences,
Perhaps those rumor's are not known
by some of the representatives, and I
must add that if they are true, the
eagerness of. the annexation party in
the United States will not be less dis
appointed in these new attempts than
it has been already in the failure of
the' filibustering expeditions.
In respect to the intervention of for
eign governments in this question, I
must acknowledge with pleasure the
position assumed by the Emperor of
the French when, last spring, he sent
one of his admirals to co-operate with
our own naval forces in repelling any
attacks upon Cuba; though I know
perfectly well that we were then far
from being in danger of losing that
colony. I am, besides, firmly convin
ced that France will never be able to
induce England to declare war against
the United States, neither during the
contest in the East nor after the ter
mination of the present war. Eng
land has lost all prestige in America
since the battle of New Orleans, when
General Jackson said : —“For you, in
dustrial nations, we need neither jpew
der nor bullets; commerce is enough.”
Some time afterwards, the question of
Texas and Mexico, and a good many
others, came to confirm this truth.
But if the United States possess
strong means of injuring a commercial
nation, we also possess the same, and
to Corunna, Ferrol, Parages, Santan
der, the Philippine Islands, &c., we
must look for the elements of the de
fence of Guba. We are not like Rus
sians, shut up by two straits, and we
must declare that we are disposed to
avail ourselves of all our means of de
fence against any dangers.
I should advise our government to
use towards the government of the
L T nited States a policy firm and ami
cable at the same time, in order to
promote and encourage our relations
with that prosperous country, and to
derive from these relations the impor
fantand mutual benefits which thechair
man of an American committee, ap
pointed in 1844, has so ably set forth.
[The orator reads.]
I hope t at the magnitude of the
subject under consideration will be a
sufficient exeuse for having kept the
attention of the assembly from other
important business. And I would
pray the Minister of Foreign Affairs
to let us kn w what is the s'ate of our
relations with the American govern
ment, and what has been the result of
the note sent by the American Minis
ter in Madrid to the ministry of the
court of San Luis.
The Young Emperor of Austria.
The New York Tribune gives the
following flattering portrait of the
young Emperor of Austria :
“Francis Joseph is twenty-four years
of age. His mother, the Arch-Duchess
Sophia, of Bavaria, educated him with
the utmost care. If we recollect aright,
his tutor was the Count of Bombelles,
belonging to a family of the most stiff
necked ultras. He was a man of un
common ability, but a Jesuit in small
clothes. Sophia herself is eminent
for great activity, readiness of mind,
an aptitude for directing every sort of
court or diplomatic intrigues. The
lineage of the Hapsburg furnishes,
from time to time, persons of superior
intellect, like Joseph, or ol fox-like
cunning, like Ferdinand II and 111.
It is possible that Francis Joseph is
such an offshoot of that foul old stock.
He was called to the throne very
young, amid a tremendous conflagra
tion, threatening to destory Austria
and the Ilapsburgs. , He 1 ad then the
opportunity of gaining in a day the
experience of years. Trained, as he
was Irom 3 r outh, in the arts of Jesuit
ical astuteness, why should lie not
grow up to match the blackest among
that black order? He has outwitted
Nicholas, Napoleon, and the English
cabinet,and we believe ourselvesjustifi
ed in ascribing to Francis Joseph the
honor of being a consummate diplomatic
trickster. llow long such deception
can succeed is another question, and
we hope the current year will give it
a final solution.”
Life Insurance.
This is a subject that does not re
ceive due attention from those who
have families, and have not the pros
pect of insuring to them a competency.
If our readers knew the large amounts
that have this year been paid to the fa
milies of those who have died in our
midst, they would deem a life insu
rance company one of the most valua
ble institutions, and lose no time in
procuring a policy. The expense is a
trifle when compared with the benefit
accruing to the widow and the orphan.
We acknowledge that we were some
what awakened, and much surprised
at some statements made to us yester
day, by the gentleman who represents
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
ol New York, and whose card appears
in our columns this afternoon. If deli
cacy did not prohibit his making pub
lic the business transactions of that com
pany, the act would add vastly to his
own profits and the interest of the
shareholders. We refer to the subject
merely, from aconvicton that it is a du
ty we owe to our readers. Let the me
chanic and the merchant apply a por
tion of his earnings in this way ; it is
laudable and honest, and his helpless
offspring will reap the benefit. On the
mutual principle, we may also remark,
the annual premi”m becomes reduced
according to the profits arising from the
business of the company. We do
not intend these remarks as a puff for
any insurance company; they are not
given in that spirit. Life insurance is
becoming much more popular with the
public than was the case a few years
since, and we believe the time is near
at hand when every thinking man in
moderate circumstances will value his
life insurance policy as he does that of
his stock in trade, and would as soon
be without the one, as the other.
[Journal & Courier.
Singular Accident.— The, Man
infant son of Mr. William Gardner, of
Mason Village, was strangled on the
night of the 25th, in this singular man
ner: The fopt of his little sister who
was in the same bed, got entangled in
the string: of the night dress about the
neck of the child, and drew it so tight
ly as to cause its death.
[from tub constitutionalist.]
“ liito ’Em Again.”
Lexington, Ga. Jan. 17, 1855.
Mr. Gardner'. —Some six or eight
months ago, there came to this (town)
“ beach”—not a “ poor exile of Erin/’
—but a foreigner from Prussia, with
his wife, a Russian, who has success
fully “ diddled,” ala Kirkl nd, some
of our good folks out of their dimes,
to the amount of some three or four
hundred dollars. He chimed to be a
veritable Count, and so far as “de mus
tache ” went, he was ugly enough to
be one; and his Countess, the Madame
Siminski, was robust and masculine
enough in appearance to be a Count
herself. She was a Professor of Mu
sic, and a superior Flutist, as all will
acknowledge who ever heard her play.
She taught music, and occasionally
would give Concerts. They succeeded
in procuring a school at various points
in our county; and were apparently
going ahead, and making money.
About four weeks since they conclud
ed to take a jaunt towards Macon , and
having procured a horse and buggy on
tick, left, and since, then no tidings have
reached here of them, except that they
had “took a different route,” and were
Concerting near Montgomery, Ala.,
evidently en route for New Orleans.
Count Siminski is well read, but can
easily be detected by his lame efforts
to speak English. Madame is, if any
thing, a worse pupil than he is.
They are imported swindlers, and
the K. N.’s, and the public at large,
should be kept advised of their charac
ters.
"No Stockholder in the
Siminski Bank.
Singular Escape.
Not long since as Mr. William Bon
ner, Jr., of this county, was driving two
spirited horses throng . a long lane in
tlie western part of this county, one
of them st milled against the tongue,
which broke s oft off. As they were
going down hill, the buggy ran on tlie
horses, which frightened them, and
they were off quick as thought. The
driver jumped out, arid Mr. B. was
either thrown out or jumped out; his
cloak caught in the axK-tree and he
was dragged some distance, and so se
verely stunned as to lose his conscious
ness for a while. The frightened horses
soon overtook Mr. and Mrs. Stowe, of
Uojmnbia county, who werein a buggy
and could turn neither to the right nor
the left, owing to a deep gullv and
tenee on either side; and what is
singular enough ran oyer them in such
a way as to leave Mr. B.’s buggy pret
ty much on top of theirs, crashing it up,
but leaving them uninjured. Both
buggies were badly broken, but no se
rious injury occurred to either of the
parties. Mr. Bonner’s cloak was found
twisted tightly round the axletree.
[Central Georgian.
Gen. Scott on the War.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Mercury , writing under
date of Jan. Bth, says that he has re
cently had the pleasure of hearing the
criticism of the hero of Vera Cruz on
the war in the Crimea. Gen. Scott’s
opinion on this subject is, of course,
high authority, and we copy it below :
The allies committed a great blun
der in delaying the attack upon Sebas
topol as long as they did ; that imme
diately after the raising of the siege of
Sil istria, they should have attacked
Sebastopol, at which time there was a
comparatively small force in the Cri
mea; that the Allies cannot take Se
bastopol unless they receive reinforce
ments giving them the superiority of
force to the extent of from 30 to 50
per cent; that the Russian regular
soldiers are the best troops in the world
for defence; they never fly, but perish
unle& ordered to retreat. He thinks
the Allies labour under a great disad
vantage* in having two commanding
Generals; that the road to victory is
thro gh unity of design. The infer
ence I would draw from Gen. Scott’s
ideas, is that Sebastopol will not be
taken ; for I doubt whether the Allies
can throw such a preponderance of
force there as is necessary. The Gen
eral furter said, that the Allies could
not re-embark now without immense
loss of men, and all the materials of
war in camp, except the weapons in
their hands.”
Sunday Amusements.— The fol
lowing appears in a Calaveras (Cali
fornia) county paper :
‘A grand bull-fight and a between
a bear and a jackass will take place on
Sunday next, December 10, at Moke
luinne hill. The proprietors, regret
that the exhibition last Sunday was
nut satisfactory to the public; but they
pledge themselves that on the coming
occasion they will give entire satisfac
tion. The performance will com
mence with a fight between two bulls;
next, a woman will be introduced,
who will fight with and kill one of the
wildest bulls that can be obtained from
the Posada Ranch. The whole to con
clude with a fight between a bear and
a jackass. Doors open at 12, and per
formance at 2 o’clock, p. m. Tickets,
$1.50.’
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NUMBER 5.
A Dwarf Race of Men.
The Newport, (R. I.) Mercury give*
the following:
“There is a singular race of dwarf*
in upper Peru, (Bolivia,) known as
1 Chiquitos,’ or * little men,’ that are as
worthy of attention as the Aztecs. Eve*
ry thing connected with them seems to
indicate that they are indig nous,though
their general-aspect gives the impres
sion of people reduced in stature by
poverty and hardship. The tallest are
not more than four feet and a half in
height, while many will not measure
more than three and a half. Their legs,
apparently, are devoid of muscle*,
their eyes black and elongated, nose
aquiline, cheeks drawn in, with high
cheek bones, forehead low and retreat
ing, hair black and wiry, and mouth
tending to muzzle. They travel south,
on foot, and aie often absent from home
nvo or three years, returning with
small hoards of silver gained in traffic;
traveling about five or six miles a day.
From long habit they can do without
food an extraordinary length of time,
supporting nature by sucking coco-leaf
gathered from a shrub analogous to
the betel-nut of the East Indies. It is
equivalent to tobacco, laudanum, or a
strong infusion of tea; and it is only
when their animals die of disease that
they have a plentiful supply of food.
Their covering is aeoarse lcind of cloth
which they prepare themselves. Their
abodes are rude huts, and when trav
ellingthey sleep ontheground, huddled
together to keep warm, on the dry,
cold desert, where they are principally
found.”
A Wonderful Cow.
The editors of the American Agri
culturist have occasionally had a par
agraph which seemed to convey the
idea that the accoun sos the Oaks
cow, of Danvers, Mass., were not cor
rect. But in its last number it comes
out with a cow story, that puts that of
the Oaks a great way behind it. It is
the statement in regard to a cow ex
hibited at the late National Cattle
Show at Springfield.
It was exhibited by John W. Brock,
of Highland county, Ohio, mainly of
the “ Patton Stock,”j so called, with a
dash of short horn blood in her veins.
She is seven years old. Certificates
were shown by her owner that'she
had given, for days together, on grass
pasture, eighty-eight pounds of milk
per day, and that twenty-six pounds of
her milk made a pound of butter!
The yield, calling the milk nine
pounds to the gallon, would be equal
to thirty-nine and one-ninth quarts a
day, making twenty-three and two
third pounds of butter per week.—
This same cow had also given, on the
same authority, for a few consecutive
davs, four pounds of milk ever/ hour,
it being regularly milked from her four
times per day.
This made the yield still greater,
equal to ninety-six pounds of milk, or
forty- wo and two-third quarts per day.
A Certain Cure for Scrofula.
Nicholas Longwortb, the famous
millionare and wine-grower of Cincin
nati, publishes the following cure for
scrofula:—
Put 2 oz. of aquafortis on a plate, on
which you have two copper cents.
Le( it remain from 18 to 24 hours.
Then add 4oz. of clear strong vinegar.
Put cents and all in a large-mouthed
bottle, and keep it corked. Begin by
puttiug 4 drops in a teaspoonful of rain
water, and apply to the sore. Make
the application three times a day, with
a soft hair pencil, or made of soft rags.
If very painful, put more water. As
the sore heals apply it weaker.
I request editors in all parts of the
Union, and abroad, to copy this, and
republish it quarter yearly; it may
save many lives.
N. Longworth.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 18,1854.
P. S. —Captain Harkness, of our city,
the first person cured by this remedy,
applied it without water, and he in
formed me that he thought it would
burn his leg off; but the next day it
was cured. Ilis was a small sore, and
had been attended to for months by one
of the best physicians without any ben
efit.
A London paper styles the follow
ing a perfect joke :—A gentleman
showing a friend his portrait, admira
bly done by'the photographic process.
‘lt’s very well,’ said his friend, retur
ning it to i im; ‘ but the fact is, I hate
the style altogether 1’ ‘ But why, nrjr
good sir ?’ ‘ Because,’ replied ho, ‘it*
a foe to graph ic art /’
A Curious Physiological Fact.
—A French officer while making a
reconnoissance near Sevastopol was
knocked down by the wind of a can
non ball, and the shock was so severe
as to cause a paralysis of his tongue, so
that he could neither move it or speak.
Obtaining leave of absence, he return
ed to Marseilles and placed himself
under electrical treatment. After ft.
few shocks he could move his tongue
with more facility, and at lengh, after
an unusually powerful shock, his
speech was restored and he WJflgpiUy
recovered.