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Vol. VIII
LITTLE HOCK, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8
1851.
No 44.
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NUMKR III.
In my second article I made an allusion to dis
coveries of argentiferous galena on the south side
of the Arkansas river, embracing an area of more
than a hundred miles from east to west, and forty !
or fifty north and .south. More than a huudrcd
discoveries have been made on the above ares, of
lead, silver, iron and copper; but not one of them
lias ever been worked, nor is there one in a hun
dred on entered land. It is Government ground,
subject to entry at 91 *5 per acre. A practical
[ geologist anjl mineralogist could make valuable in
! vestments Nn the entry of these lands and opening
; mines; but ! should here remark, too much.land
; is the lutne of an enterprise of thia kind. He sure
; you have the ore that is valuable, then enter just
I enough to cover your discovery; eighty acres is
I generally enough for that purpose. I know of
good mineral land in Saline, Hot Spring, Clark
■ county, all uaworked—besides Montgomery, Scott,
Veil, Polk and Sevier; and, in all these, not oue
has been found that does not yield forty ounces of
silver to the ton, and in many places native silver
occurs. Among all the discoveries in these coun
ties but one is in operation, and that is the Gellali •
; Mine, in Sevier county. This mine wn* discovered
j by accident, some time ago, by Mr. John Hellah.
This mine presented no better pospect than hun
dreds of discoveries in that county, and I doubt if
it has any advantage over mauyotbers that are idle,
1 yet this mine, in sinking a shaft thirty feet deep,
yielded more than six tons of ore. The out-crop
ping of this mine was sent to Europe and assayed
in May 1849, by Mr. H. K. Henry, who reported
: leventy-five per cent, of lead, and one hundred
and forty-eight ounces of silver per ton of ore.—
; Besides the argentiferous galena of this mine, there
, is a vein of copper, very rich, also of sine. This
I mine is a level, or fiat, of an argilacious forma
: tion. Beside the ores, large quantities of Lapt*
lazuli, " the first ever discovered in America,” are
: found, mostly chrystalised, a perfect, transparent
blue. Specimens of the ore and precious stones,
from this mine, may be seen at P. Snell’s office,
33 Camp street, in this city. Beside the ores enu
merated in the State of Arkansas, as we advance
westward into the Indian Territory, we see no di
minution. In the Choctaw Nation the Havard
Mines are found, and more than adosen discover
ies has been made; but as one only has been
worked, I will speak of it alone. The great Hay
ard vein is found imbedded in the inetamorphic
formation. The matrix is composed of green stone,
porphyry, bornbled schist, calcarious spar and ar
gilaceous shale, interspersed with cubes and oc
tahedrons of antimonial silver ore. There are also
found in this mine crystalized sulphuret of iron,
copper, zinc, cinnabar, and native mercury.—
■ Now no one, or even two, of these mines, would
i pay for building blasts, cupels and retrots in the
forest, and to build them in Arkansas, it could not
I be collected together without shipping here, and
theu from here up to the furnace—the ore can
never be hauled over the mountains; but while
St. Francis, Arkansas, Ouachita, and Bed rivers,
all open direct communication to your city, in less
than ten years you would require a furnace suffi
cient to smelt from twenty-five to fifty tons per
day. Besides all that, let there be a company
formed, with a small capital to invest in mines,
and then invest the newly acquired wealth in
erecting the contemplated smelting mill.
Ponder well these things, ana if you would*
learn the reason why this vast area of rich mineral
lands has lain vacant so long, 1 will inform you.
It was unknown to all, but a very few, and they
possessed the double ill of ;ioverly and irljithntit.
1 shall return to Arkansas soon, and prosecute my
rniniug interest in that State. 1 shall be in the
city until the ‘g5th mst. and if any other informa
tion is wanted in relation to these things, call on
me, at Mr. P. Snell’s office, 33 Camp street.
NUMBER IV.
In my second article 1 made an allusion to dis
1 coveiies of argentiferous ores on the north side of
the Arkansas river, and in my third 1 presented the
; south side. We will take a glance over the prem
ises once more, and then look for the fuel to run
the mill. A portion of JohnS-m, Carroll, Marion,
! Madison, Van Buren, Washington, Pulaski, j offer
; turn, Drew, Clark, Saline, Hot Spring, Montgomery,
Sevier, Polk, Scott, and Yell, are all rich in argen
tiferous galena and sulphurets of copper, irou, and
; zinc. A little capital, correctly applied, would
produce more than ten million pounds per annum,
which at a low estimate, would amount to five
hundred thousand dollars. These estimates are
: too small, for no portion of the north ever present
ed the mineral wealth of Arkansas; and in 1845
the State of (then Territory) Wisconsin produced
sixteen million pounds of lead, beside what was
produced in the adjacent parlsof lltmoisand Iowa.
I trust these facts will satisfy ail of the unbound
ed mineral wealth of Arkansas. Beside this, liar
■. dm county, of Illinois, and Livingston county, of
i Kentucky, have their argentiferous ores, which
would come here to be smelted. Now, that the
ore us found, and the materials for the null are
j convenient, I shall show-yon the fuel.
The coat fields of Arkansas are very important,
on account of their extern, close proximity to the
river, and their unrivalled character. No coun
try on the face of the globe can produce superior
anthracite to that found in Saline county. Parts
of Yell, Franklin, Pope, Crawford, Sebastian, and
Scott, produce bituminous coals of superior quali
ty. Many out-crops of this coni are seen by the
| traveller, as he speds his way up the serpentine
I course of the Arkansas river, which proves its ac
cessibility. To be minute in pointing out the va
rious mines of coal m that State, would require
: more time than 1 can command, or the Crescent
j find room for at present. At a future period, I
may notice this matter again. I will conclude by
saying, "at the mouth of White Oak Creek, Clarks
ville, Spadra, Ozark, Koaeville, Grand Prairie,
Hodge’s Prairie, and Mayard,” are mines capable
of supplying all the demands of New Orleans, equal
in quality and at less prices than coals from any
other portion. Why not, then, establish in this
< city au industrial Astaaatum, for mining ores and
coals, and erecting smelling mills in the city of
New Orleans? You can now, from small means,
realize large profits. Start on a small capital;
make sure investments; lie calm; expend your pro
ceeds in enlarging your business; and success will
crown your e(Torts. 1 am now done on this sub
ject. 1 will, to-morrow, look for some!limp rise.
A PrscTtcat Miner.
Roubrr I'aueht by a kiss.
A few nights since, after the family of Mr, F.tch,
on Broadway, hail retired to rest, a feliow, named
Kirhard Smith, having by some means got into the
house, entered the sleeping apartment of a young
lady, and rifled the drawers of a bureau ol its con
tents, consisting of some thirty dollars in money,
a gold chain, and other articles of jewelry. Thus
far the transaction was exccdingly commonplace;
hat nut content with ins acquisition of valuables,
the impudent rascal could not think of patting
with their lair owner without leaving her some
token of his nocturnal visit. So slopping up to
th.' bed where she lay enfolded ip. the arms of
Morpheus, he imprinted on her rub) lips one port
ing kiss. W heluer it was the report that must'
necessarily have followed one of the right sort, or
something else that awakened her, we .lid not
learn, but ere the sentimental scamp could beat
** retreat, the fait hand of the d&msei was found
gripping the skirt of his cost, while het voice call
ed loudly for help. The house was soon aroused,
and Mr. Smith arrested and consigned to the cala
ta«se to report at leisure his untimely effort to do
the agreeable.—St. Lmu, Inulhgmctr, Kay 24.1
A Heavy cIuIh upon oar Oorerameat.
It will be recollected by our readers that the
treaty between our government and the republic j
of Mexico contains a provision whereby the United |
States is obligated to protect the Mexican people j
living on the line between the two countries against
the incursions and depredations of the Indians of
Texas and New Mexico, who for so long a period i
have waged a sanguinary warfare upon Mexican !
people wherever they could be met or reached.— i
Although thu obligation waa no more than we 1
could justly take upon ourselves—for the Indians
of that border by the treaty were incorporated into
our own national limits—yet the indications are
growing very strong that our government haa ttiere
by had imposed upon it a very difficult task, and ;
the failure to execute which will involve it in a 1
heavy responsibility to the Mexican people.
Kor a time after the termination of the late war j
the Indians, who were well apprized of this, among i
the other conditions of peace, very generally ab- !
stained from the incursions which they had long 1
made among the Mexican towns and ranches.—
After a time occasional invasions occurred, and
outrages were perpetrated. Of late the Indiana
have grown bolder, end their incursions become
general. The losses to the Mexicans have un
doubtedly been severe, but probably not as great
as our government will soon be asked to pay. A
despatch from Washington says positive informa
tioni from Chihuahua to the 10th of March, states
that upwards of twenty millions of dollars are
claimed for damages done to Mexican property by
the Indians from this side of the Kio Grande.—
These claims have been filed with the Mexican
authorities for presentation to our government, and
of course, will soon be on file at Washington.—
The demand will be formal, as the getting up the
statement of losses will be formal; and how our I
government is goiug to avoid the payment is more
than we can see just now.
And what has the War Department been about!
all this time? aud where has all our standing army I
been sleeping, thet these roaming savages have •
not been thrashed into a respect for our treaty j
obligations and the uatural rights of their neigh- ■
hors, and this heavy draw upon our national trea
sury defeated? Is not the whole fault centred at
Washington? Where else has the army ami its
horde of drones been needed for the last two years,
while these responsibilities upon our government *
have been incurrinc. but on the frontier—right in
the heart of the ludian country—where alone a
vigilant watch can be kept over them, and our j
power to restrain them be efficient? The admin- i
istration is alone responsible.—Cincinnati Enq.
The Wit of Charles II.
[rrom the “Story of Nell dtryn," by Prtrr Cun
ningh-im, in the (leniUmrn'e Magazine far May. J
The satirical epitaph written upon King Charles
II. at his own request, by his witty favorite the
Earl of Rochester, is said to lie not more severe
than it is just:
“ Here lies our sovereign lord, the King,
Whose word no man relies on;
Who never said a foolish thing,
And never did a wise one.”
How witty was the reply; " The matter,” he ob- i
served, ” was easily accounted for—his discourse
was his own, his actions were his ministry's.”
His politeness was remarkable, and he could
convey a teliuke in the style of a wit and a gen
tleman. When Penn stood before him with his
hat on, the king put otT his. " Krieud Charles,”
said Penn, “why dost thou not keep on thy hat?” j
" 'Tia the custom of this place,” replied the mon
arch, in his usual strain of pleasantry, " that
never above one person should be covered at a
time.”
He was altogether in favor of extempore preach
ing, and was unwilling to listen to the delivery of
a written sermon. Patrick excused himself from
a chaplaincy, “ finding it very difficult to get a
sermon without booh.” On one occasion the king
asked the famous StiUingiieet, “ how it was that
he always read his sermons before bun, when he
was informed that he always preached without
book elsewhere ?” Stillingfleet answered some
thing about the awe of so noble a congregation,
the presence of so great and wise a prince, with
which the king himself was very well contented.
"But pray,” continued 81 illingfleet, "will your
Majesty give me leave to ask you question ? Why
do you read your speeches, when you can have
none of the same reasons!*’ "Why, truly, doc
tor,” replied the king, " your question is a very
pertinent one, and so will be my answer. 1 have
asked the two houses so often, and for so much
money, that 1 am ashamed to look them in the
face.” This “slothful way of preaching,” for so
the king catledit, had arisen during tie mil wars;
and Monmouth, when Chancellor of the t'mver
sityof Cambridge, incompliance with the order
of the king, directed a letter to the University that
the practice of reading sermons should be wholly
laid aside.
Of Barrow he said, that " he was an unfajr
preacher,” because, as it had been explained, he
exhausted every subject, and left no room for
others to come after him; but the king's allusion
was made somewhat slyly to the extraordinary
length as well as to the usual excellence of Bar
row’s sermons.
" It is better to be envied than pitied,” was his
observation to Lord Chancellor Clarendon.
" He that takes one stone from the church,
takes two from the crown,” was another of his
sayings prese: ved by Pepvs.
He said to Lauderdale " to let Presbytery go,
for it was not a religion for gentlemen.”
His wit never forsook him. When near his last
moments he apologised to those who stood round
him all night for the trouble he had caused. "He
had been,” he said, "a most unconscionable time
in dying; hut he hoped they would excuse it.”
A similar sense of etiquette ruffled the last mo
ments of the polite Karl of Chesterfield, whose
only expressed anxiety related to his friend Dav
rollt's being in the room without a chair to sit
down upon.
Corwin.
The appointment of Coiwin as Secretary of the
Treasury was a political movement, not made
with any reference to his litness for that office.—
His first report was certainly the weakest effort on
finance that has appeared in this Aye. Its chief
point was an effort to make out the enormous ex
penses of the Meucau war. It was the funniest
partisan calculation we ever d.d see. Figures can’t
lie. but Corwin showed that a man could lie wi’h
figures His next eiploit was in the way of pro
phecy. lie informed the rest of mankind all about
what would be in the treasury at particular tunes
in the future. The Cincinnati Enquirer hits off
the whig Secretary thus:—/*»«. Dem.
In his annual report of December last, Mr. Cor
win most gravely and must wisely informed Con
gress and the country that the receipts into the
the treasury would be comparatively small for the
present year, and that, by the first July, there
w ould lie in the treasury a balance of only $469,
9tH ad. and th.-t by the first day of July, 1152,
there would be a deficiency of SljS.aaO 1J. JJow
exact ! lie wouldn’t even have it the found dol
lar lot the first of the coming month, but it must
be just ninety nine centt !—nor would he have the
two round hi net for ne-et July, but it must be just
nineteen cento! Marvellous—ututo! There m’as
then to be precisely, but only, $151,99.1 an 1 99
cents in the treasury on the first of next month.
Will this be so ? Not exactly, unless some live
Galphiu should get his arm into the cheat before
that day comes round. The treasury books show
n very different result—that the surplus on that
day will be mx militant Iwi kun trej an t nmety dun
can I one hundred and thirty-four dollar*, certain,
with a probability of reaching omen millions. Mr.
Corwin, therefore, was out of it just 55,131,137.
This is not problematical, but true beyond cavil.
The probability, too, is that instead of there being
a deficiency of $1*16,996 on the first of J nly of next
'ear, there will be a turpln* •/ tkirUtn mi than*.
One Way to right a Duel.
A Scotch major, oho had been to skillful with
the sword as to fight several duels, with repeated
success, but who, on account of hia extreme de
sire for quarreling, when a little intoxicated, and
for his boasted courage; was deserted and despised
by his brother officer*, esme one evening to a large
company. There happened to be present a Yan
kee, an officer of a regiment, who related, among
other things, the failure of a certain expedition, in
which he had the misfortune to be wounded.
“That was because you were a rascally set of
cowards,”,observed the msjor.
“ You are a d——d liar!” says the Yankee. I
The company slatted.
The Scotchman looked down on him with as •
much com tempt as Gobah did upon David, and
immediately asked, “ Are you a man to meet me?*’
*‘ Yes," replied the Yankee, "at any time and .
where you please, only with the proviso, that we !
meet without seconds.”
** Well, then to-morrow morning at 5 o'clock,
at —
“ Agreed.”
The company present endeavored to dissuade
the Yankee, telling him that the msjor had every
advantage where he had none, and he had better I
compromise mailers ere be should have cause to
repeut his rashness but still persisted.
The next morning the Yankee repaired to the !
place somewhat before the appointed hour armed
with a large musket. Shortly after, the major j
made his appearance with a brace of pistols and j
sword. Before he advanced far, the Y ankee, in !
an austere tone, bid him stop or he would blow j
his brains nut.
The major, struck dumb with amazement at this
unexpected stratagen, reluctantly obeyed, but ex
postulated with him on the injustice of such un
gentlemanlike proceedings. The Yankee was im
placable, and determined to punish him for past
conduct, and the abuse he had himself received.
“ Lay down your sword and pistols!” says he,
still presenting his musket, ** and to the right
about face, inarch !"
The poor major was again under the necessity of
obeying, and, uttering a volley of curses against
his star, passively submitted. The Yankee then
quietly took possession of his arms.
“ ’Tix base, 'tis cowardly thus to disarm me of
all defence!” says the major.
" No,” replied his fellow combatant, " I will |
deal honorably with you ; there, take my musket1
(throw ng it towards him, and defend your life!” |
He, quite incensed, seized the weapon with a
mixture of exultation and precipitate venge
auce, and, rushing forward, demanded his arlns, ,
or be would blow him to hell!
“ Blow away and be d—d!” says the Yankee. >
* Provoked at such unparalleled insolence, in a
fit of phrepey he drew tne trigger. But, alas! the
musket had not been charged!
The glory of our braggadocio was so sullied,
and his feelings so mortally wounded by this in
dignity, that he sold his commission and left the
place.
Sceue Behind the Curtain..
Mr. and Mrs. Snub were affectionately reposing,
side by side, on a winter night, when Mr. Snut>
was awakened by a horrifying dream. He had
eaten toasted cheese for supper; and it must be
confessed that mere wax a layer beneath the ,
cheese of some three pints of flip. However, Mr. :
Snub had a way of carrying off these loada with- |
out disturbing any body. He was used to the hu- i
siness, and drove it through, all to himself. On ■
this night he suffered more pains than usual; his
body was in a state of considerable inflammation,
and raising himself slowly upon his right arm,
with as little commotion as possible, he spied into
the vissage of Mrs. .Snub, to be satisfied of the
fact of her obliviousness. Her optics, as he saw
by the expiring on the hearth, were fast closed,
and her breathing, was long and molian. Assured,
on this point. Snub now begun the more difficult
operation of getting out of bed. This he also ac
complished by the sweat of his brow; Mrs. Snub
still poured forth blasts from her nasal trumpet.—
Now Mr. Snub begun to make tracks for the fire
place, where stood the lamp. It wss a very large,
oldfashioned fire place, built when wood was
plenty and cheap. Mr. Snub now, slowly and la
boriously, stooped to raise the lamp. He had bent j
himself dowu so as almost to touch it, when-.
We have forgotten to say that Mr. Snub was a
very short but very round man. He was of the
“ Bytteld breed,” fat and thick; weighing, say 2fMl
pounds. Well, he stooped, as we said, to raise
again', he went down, like a thousand of brick, on
the hearth ? His posture was sedentary; an earth
quake would not have shook the house more Of
course Mrs. Snub was awakened. Her first ex
clamation was,
“Good gracious !” (She had nota feeling of ei- !
ther goodness or grace.) The chamber was en- \
Urelydark. “Snub!” she screamed, ;alter poking i
over her hand to his side of the bed, “ where are .
you!”
“ Here!" answered a voice, in subdued tones.
“ What upon earth are you doing there ?" she I
continued.
“ Nothing ! did you hear that clap of thuuder!” ,
“ No.”
“You didn't ! well it has struck me ! knocked ,
me clean out of bed; and taken all the feeling out
ot my legs ; and i guess if 1 was examined, 1
should be found ‘ Uie’ all over.”
“No doubt on'l!” answered Mrs. S. “Snub,
you needn’t lie; your (augur, I guess, was struck
loo!” Hatton Carprt Bag.
The Xjrtttrit* of Paris.
A young man of nineteen, belonging loan hon
orable family of Orleans, came some time ago to
I’aris to study medicine. Following the usual cus
tom of the Fans students, he sometimes went with
one or two his comrades to the public dancing
places. Two days back, being at one of these j
places of amusement, he made the acquaintance .
of a pretty young girl, and offered to conduct her j
home. Scarcely had they got into the street when
another student came up, and reproached the girt
with her infidelity to him. She replied in sharp;
terms, and the young mau, in great irntatiou, gave
her a slap in the face. The student, ou whose
arm she was leaning, attempted to defend her, and'
also received a blow from the olher. A quarrel
then ensued, and, some other students having in
terfered, a hostile meeting with pistols was fixed
for the next morning m the Uois de Houglogue.
The seconds of the young man from Orleans,
proceeding to his lodgings, about an hour to;lore
the time appointed for the duel, found the d xir of
his room closed against them, and could not obtain
admittance. On their forcing an entrance, they
found the young roan lying dead on a sofa, and
near him a vessel containing some burnt charcoal.
Ou the table were several letters to his family,
and another lying open, in which fie declares that
“he has not the Courage to fight, and that the
! arc idea of a ball crashing through his braiu and
covering bis face with blood horrifies him. I am
not," lie goes on to say, “ master of this leeling.
Do what 1 will, it pursues and overcomes me. ti
n imp issihle for a man to live when so organised.
1 should be obliged to tly society, and live like
some solitary bird; for such au event as that which
occurred yesterday might happen to any man, and
I cannot bear to be pointed at os a coward ! Cow
ard ! That 1 am not, since 1 do not fear death,
■vlieu close at hand, as is now :u this room, aud
issuing slowly from the pan of charcoal at my feet.
Look if my writing is not firm; never in tnv life
were ray intellects clearer. * * * It is now 'l
o'clock in the morning, and I feel that my ideas
will soon become confused. Adieu, my friends;
do me the justice to mv that I was nut a coward!”
To this letter was affixed a note distributing his
little property amongst various persons ot hit ac
quaintance, and requesting bis two seconds to sec
that his last wishes were executed.
XT Among the millions of fanners in the United
States, we confess never to have known sne who
was a Jew.—Bootm Fear.
Dlmlai
Mr. Woodward, a member of Congress from
South Carolina, happening to b« in Mobile, ad
dressed the Sonthem Rights Association there.—
The violence of hia language surpasses anyth inf
that we have seen from the most bitter fountain of
disuniouism. He denounced the “Southern trait
or. Howell Cobb," and sa'id " the man who tells
you that the Compromise will put a atop to agrres
» ion, uaa /rum the bottom of hit throatAnti the
member of Congress who tells you so, is a eilam
and a temmdrel!” (Great cheering.) He said
you could not compel the free negroes to leave the
country, and the negroes themselves were deter
mined not to go. Kred. Douglas had declared be
was an American citizen, and would not be driven
from American soil. And, said Mr. W., with great
emphasis, ‘‘the negroes are right. Were I a ne
gro, I would nr before l would be compelled to
leaveJrhe country!" He denounced all schemes
of colonization and deportation, aa not only vision
ary out mischievous, and said " he who talks to
you of colonization or deportation, is either a ma
niac, a knar*, or a rooi.!”
Thi.s’U silly and unwarantable languge, when
it is recollected that many of our beat men and
iruest Southern champions, are members of the
Colonization Society.
Tlie Union he felt a “ eomteinpt" for. Indeed,
said he, “ it is gone, irrevocably and hopelessly
gone. The fault isall our own—the fault of the
South.” He went on: “ let Gen. Cass be once
more disappointed .lit his hope* of reaching the
Presidency, and he will tie as rabid »n Abolitionist
as is to be found in the North!" So too, he said,
it would be with Mr. Buchanan, with Mr. Wood
bury, and allother Northern aspirants for the Presi
dency! (So, in the estimation of Mr. Woodward,
there are uo honest men at the North. They are
knaves all!)
Mr. Woodward advised the Southern Rights
men of Alabama, to keep up their own organiza
tion; avoid old parties and stand by “Southern
Right*.'' This is advice worthy of a heated and
desperate dis unionist.
Of the probable course of South Carolina he
said he spok'- without authority, and could give
no positive information.—He had no doubt, how
ever, that she will secede, but when, will depend
on the progress of aggression in Congress and the
sympathy “of other Southern State*. She was
ready to do anything that her sister States of the
South would say, except submit. If thay would
promise their co-operation in resisting the aggres
sion at any future time—say even live years hence
—she would accede to It. She did not wish to
separate from her sister States of the South, whom
she loved, and whose interests were identical w ith
her own.
She expected between this an 1 the time for hold
ing her convention, that such new aggressions
would be made as to bring to her side other, if nol
all the Southern States but whether this should
happen or not, the result was not the less sure.
The Hedurtioa Ca»« nt Mpringtield, Mass.
Excitement a/ratntl the Priett—Hit Statement.
The Catholic priest, Rev. J. J. Doherty, olfi
<mled in his pulpit, at Springfield, Mass., on Sun
'lay. He made a speech to the audience upon the
prosecution against him, referred to the accusa
tion that he had p l St,t500 and other sums for a
settlement, and t id a paper drawn up by the
counsel on both Jes. The purport of it waa,
that “for divers t .usons, and especially for the
sum of one dollar received to his full satisfaction,
Kdwai 1 Monaghan agreed to withdraw the prose
c ution pending against J. J. Doherty for the seduc
tion of his daughter, Mary Mouaehau.” He said
that he settled for the sake of peace, and because
lie could not expect an impartial trial. It was not
true that he had eve', in any manner of form,
made a confession of guilt. Ho t knows ktt irn
rence, he said impressively. His oourse, he said,
had received the full approbation of the bishop.
“And,” said the revefend gentleman, “so long as
it is his pleasure to keep me here, I shall remain.”
The feeling, however, of the people of that place
is shown by the following, from the Sprtuglield
Republican:
“ On Saturday evening Rev. Mr. Doherty visited
his church with a view ol making preparations
loc the Sabbath, but was not allowed to enter,
some of the members of his congregation guard
ing the door to prevent him. As he returned tc
lus carriage, several stones and pieces of wood
were thrown at him. He declared his intention
nevertheless to officiate the next day, and threats
were offered that he should be put out of the
church if he attempted it.”
Since the trial, too, a letter has been receive!
by Mr. Monaghan from Mr. Howard, a Catholn
priest of Ohio, who came on a visit to Mr. Dohert)
on the 13th of April, 1S50, and remained till thi
-3d, when he says he saw Miss Monaghan in the
house. Mr. D. had introduced testimony durim
the trial to show that she was not m the house al
that time, as it was between these dates that the
alleged seduction took place.
The three Indians who Committed nnieidi
at Tampa.
ThoTallehasxeeFloruliau of the7th, m noticin'
the suicide of the three Indian prisoners who wen
in jail at Tampa, charged with the murder of thi
boy Hubbard, says:
“ They attempted to break jail, but failing, endo
their wretched existence by hanging themselves
There was a pretty general conviction resting 01
i he uunds of the citizens of Tampa, that these uu
fortunate Indians were not really the guilty par
ties. The story goes that they had expressed i
desire to emigrate to the West, which excited thi
hatred of the other Indians against them. In ad
dition to this, they were ail without relatives ii
the nation, Pohoosoe and Ista-chok-see-hoh, bo
iug the last of their family, and Huso llajo, an or
phan, also without kin—besides, the latter wa
suspected of beiug too intimate with one of th<
wives of a chief. The murder having been com
mi ted it was necessary that the murderers should lx
given up, and these toroe were seized, condemn-*
by the Indian Council and turned over to th<
State authorities, without, it is thought being gui!
tv of the crime alleged—but simply from the foe
that, they were friendtesa in the nation and with
out relatives to revenge their death, and willing
contrary to the policy of the other Indians, to cm
igrate West. It was the intention of the .Slab
to have had the witnesses summoned and rigid!
ezamiue<l .on the trial, by which means the tru
murderers might have tve'i di>covered. We be
beve it is still the determination of the authorities t
investigate the matter, and get at the truth if nos
sible.”
Holdim’ Wives.
A J udge of Probate in Minnesota Territory, t
whom a United Slates soldier at Fort Smiting re
ceutly made application for a discharge, on th
grouud that be could not find suitable quarters i
the Fori for his wife, granted the discharge, an
be.d that if lb© government enlists a husband i
must provide suitable acoormuodationa for the wilt
also, that ©very enlisted soldier may have a wil
pro' nled for.
IT Shortly before the decease of John C. Cal
houn, some of las friends c motived the idea ..
rsusiug a fund to pay off las debts and sending hn
to Europe, and, uuknowa to him, had partly eve
euted the plau w hen he died. They have give
the money raised ;*d.UUO) to hia widow.
a New Work by slick.”
Mr. Colburn, the eminent London publish©!
announces a new work by “ Ham Slick, (Juds
Haliburtoo, of Nora Scotia,) entitled " The En
giish in America.”, Great cunauly is ©veiled i
London by this ahaou seamen:. We shall loo
with much interest bur the appearance of the boo
here.
Wtbkr iMtoMti far PmMfit I*
The following paper m pat in circulation, on
the 9th instant, in Boaton, and was obtaining nu
merous signatures:
“ W* nominate Danial Webster for President of
the U. 8. because he it a true low of liberty, a
' faithful friend to his country and its institutions,
and the defender of the Constitution under which
we lire; bemuse his patriotism is as broad as lbe
Union, and he new will permit the Coustftsfcm
to be violated to favor one portion of the oountTV
for the benefit of another, because by his calm
wisdom, and At Intelligence, had high
courage, he has done much to save our Country
: from foreign war and intestine division, and to
‘ guide it in the path of honor, prosperity and hap
piness: because under hi* administration the Con
stitution will be upheld, the laws enforced, the
i Union preserved, ami the whole country be made
| prosperous: and, finally, because this high honor
« due t,_. Uu. Ujjj, asa f*ojjf!Sj semee, is his sssich
l less talents, his stern integrity, amt bit exalted
. patriotism.”
A very general movement, having lor its object
. Mr. Webster's nomination, is going on throughout
the Slate of Massachusetts. Papers are being
I circulated for signatures in every town of that
Commonwealth.
Anecdote of deaernl Jar km a.
The Hon. *•••••» •■■■•«, who, as a Baptist
i preacher and lieutenant governor, had at one and
} the same time been in the service of the Lord, and
, of the State of Illinois, becoming dissatisfied with
: the honors or profits, or both; of the poets he held,
■ determined to resign them, snd devote his tune and
talenta to the assistance of the administration in
| carrying on the general government of the country.
: Accordingly, he came to Washington, ami laid his
; case before the President. He stated his preten
tions and his wishes, narrated at Some length all
; the prominent events of bis political life, dwell
1 ing especially upon his untiring devotion to the
democratic party, the sacrifices he had submitted
i to, the exertions he had made in its behalf, and its
i consequent indebtedness to him, but said not a
word of what he hail done for the cause of re
ligion. Gen. Jackson heard the clerical aspirant
through in silence, and after musing a moment,
; pat the following question to him:
j “Mr. K., are you not griiimsterof the Gospel?"
i “ I am, sir," was the reply.
“Then, sir,” said the General, with his usual
I quiet dignity, “you bold already a higher uffiee
i than any in my gift—an rfifice whose sacred du
uea, properly performed, requires your whole at
tention; and really 1 think the best that I can d»
for you will be to leave you at liberty to devote
your whole time to them; for, from what you tall
use, I fear that hitherto they have been somewhat
i neglected.”
A correspondent of the Wilmi igton Herald Mys
i that the following rule* hare been adopted by
middle aged marrird gentlemen when they assume
| the privilege of kissing their young and pretty
! cousins. They certainly seem to bare formed a
j very accurate conception of the proper manner in
which this innocent lax ary should be enjoyed.
“ Of courae, you must be taller than the lady
! you tutend to kiss—take her tight hand in yours,
i and draw her gently to you. pass your left arm over
. her right shoulder, diagonally down across her
back, under her left arm, press her to your bosom,
at the same time she will throw her head back,
and you hare nothing to do but to lean a little for
ward and press your lips to hers, and the thing is
done—don’t make a noise orer it, as if you were
firing off percussion caps, or trying the wa
ter cocks ot a steam engine, nor prounce down
upon it like a hungry hawk upon an innocent
dove, but gently fold the damsel in your arms,
without deranging the economy of her tippet or
' runic, and by a sweet pressure upon her mouth,
revel in the blissfulness of y our situation, without
, smacking your lips on it as you would over a roast
duck.”
A singular Invention.
One of the most singular mechanical inventions
displayed at the World’s Fair, is the model of a
: man by Count Danin. It represents the figure of
a man five feel high, in the proportions of the
i Apollo, and from that size, the figure can be in
creased in all its compartments to six feet, eight
; inches. It is intended to facilitate the clothing
of an ami'; and it is so ingenious that the Emperor
pardoned and recalled Count Damn, who is a
Pole, on seeing this result of many year’s labor
and ingenuity. The number of pieces composing
this model is 7dOO.
incident* of the Pair,
From Wiiruet and Smith's European Times w*
copy one or two sketches humorously illustrative
, | of the extent of the Crystal Edifice. Every ticket
’ holder seemed bent on going * ne wrong way, and
' could gel no one to set. him right.
“ Now, theu, Policeman, where is stair No. JVf
11 " You must go round by Greece, sir, and along
th * corner of Prussia, down by Alia Minor, to the
staircase.’’
" And this ticket here 1 I know it's’ all right,”
; calling No. 11, “ which way 1”
! “ Any way, sir; anybody will tell you as you
pass by Turkey, at the end of which you will find
yourself but forty yards from Italy. Go on, sir,
goon, it’s but a few minute's stride.”
Thus has the Crystal Palace magically trans
formed the relations of Kingdoms and States, not
only by verbal dialect, but by actual representa
tion. Surely Aladdin’s wonderful lamp could
have done no more.
.! Fact*, they nay, are stubbornthings—and no are
. ladies; and, notwithstanding the ridicule of the
r Herald and the grave advocacy of '.he Tribune—
. two Uun$« which, united are enough to kill any
thing short of a lady's within—the short frock es
! ciietnenl anil gups on and the motto iiisenl**! in
. itujj reliable character* on over pecueoal is “ex
,• celsior.” The epidemic ha* at length reached
. the metropolis, and scarcely a dav panes without
one or more specimens of the new costume being
, encountered vn the street. Yesterday we heard
. * of three al! in a bunch scudding down or.iadway
at flood tide under jury masts and double reeled
i topsail. Me Kira of Bkecker *1., who seems to be
the high priest of the short gown, tells us that he
has ten seam tresses constantly employed in mak
3? tng up the new costume, and (that orders are oon
tiuually pouring in from all quarters and rani*.—
? to we got Hurrah for reform' hurrah for McKirn!
t i and hurrah for every body! (Ilf. If. £fep Book.
1 The Plasft Irene.
1 ■ The new planet, discovered by Mr. Hind, has
, I.K ii called, on the recoiameuJalhm of Sir. John
P Henschel, Irene, (from Em.ua, Qreek for pc-ace.)
one of the Season* among the Greeks, and there
fore satisfying the condition which bas hitherto
guided aatroaouem iu the selection of names for
f lie newly dwcovered planets, namely, that it shad
. he found in the mythology of Greece or Home.—
* j There is also an allusion to the peace actually
rtugmng in Europe, to the friendly feeling prevail
ing in relation to ail foreigners in England at the
i present moment and, by implication, to the arts
> sciences fostered by peaoe and represented in the
t rysul Palace. The symbol suggested is • dove
• with olive branch and star on head.
r ---—►
Biuommtm.—A man was Wen near Broadway
a in New York, iu petticoats, and with a bonnet on.
l When asked by the police why he wore this eoa
k ; turn* I he replied, “ My wife has taken my etothw.
I and I have taken hen.”