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J, s. WlTHERWAX, «. n. I r. «. BT.OOP, V. D.
DBS' WITIII'BWAX A- BLOOD,
II WING associated themselves s partners in
,.,e nr.lVice of Medicine and Surgery, nr. prepar
ello attend to the various branches of their pro
fession. Office on Brady between Fiont and
Second St., Davenport. Iowa.
March 28th, 1830—9-"" ^_A
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BXI«X«ON,
FABIIIV CBOCEB,
AND
VARIETY STORE.
fre«h famil. Groceries and ojvaricty of no
tions
Sanders'dwelling.
l»»»enpor., F^b. 21st, 18^0.
A. BILLON.
Vateh aid Clock Maker and Engrnu«
Corner Front and Perry Sts Davenport, loica.
I now prepared at liis \ari«ty Store, to exc
ri.tr *11 kimlsof woikinthe ock, Watch. .Tew-
,-!-v and
Engraving business (..locks and W.UCU
ireluH) eaiiscd and It-paired.
Work stnl from a distance attended to with
rare and promptness.
tnav
JOIIX POPE,
CHAIR AM) Alii WET MAKER,
Slaqnoktla, Jackson CouRtyt
IOWA.
Tune 28th, 1849. *%-}T
D. GOLDER,
B. SAROEXT.
COOK A SlttCEXT,
Exr'tan?e and Collection Office ami Land
ifeney.
D.WKNl'OUT, IOWA.
April
Cth, 1800.
BTsAl¥FOItI,
DRUGGIST AND GROCER.
Vlivsiciaas supplied wiih fresh and pare mod
icnt's.
S'ore on Front Street, fuNMCrlj OCfiOpwd by
(«. I. Davenport Sc. Ce*
iVtoltrr 4ih. 1840.
noM:V KI:tiirrEI» TO I:T ttopr.
Tbrousli H1BNDLN i Co.,
either of the following countries, io-irit:
Poland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, France,
''inninf, Prussia, Austria, Denmark, Bohemia,
S vitzfrlaud, Belgium, Holland, See.-
AUn, Steerage passage procured.
Apply to COOK & SARGENT.
D.ivenport, .Inn. 21, 1850.
JATIES OTIS NAIK I NT,
Attorney at Law,
fourteenth Sired, opparite ff 'iUard's lIoUlt
A?IIINOTi N, n. r.
'II.f. nitenJ to the proaeru»inn
Claims before the Hoard of Mr.\:csn
l'o!M!nissioners,Claimsn|!ainst
the I'ni'td States,
H'ul i tlie tranaaction olfeutiiiieafi. with lUe.vari
on« I't piitnientP.
July lOih, 45-tf
1)I«. JOHN n. ttrxiow,
SURGEON DENTIST,
HIsland,S(ffers
WINC
permnnently
INCETED
at Rock
hi* professional services to
'!II citizens of Divenport and mnv he found at
''ii' S oro of A. C. II lion on Monday of cach
werk. Orders left w«life« promptly attended at
t'i» Variety
SIMS.
1
Jan. 24th, 18S0.
1
90-ty
-rniPOBTAST TO FABIHEKS!
rp IE (.-ubscriber hnviug the exclusive Agcncy
I for the sale of McCormich'a Improved l'at
:ii Virginian lleapers, in the following nimed
nun's to wit: ScoH, .vluscatine, I.ouisn, VV'ssh
I'wion, Johnson and Codar would respectfully
*»v to the Wheat (}rowers thereof, that now ia
'V" tiine to send on theirorders. Anoverwhelm
ini demand ia anticipated for the comingharvest
"i litV) therefore all who are desirous
of ottain
iii? one of the above named Reapers should at
tend to it immediatelv.
ANDREW J. HYDE, *1pcnt.
n. —Blank Orders will be left at the Store
1 I! irrows & l'rcttyman, in Davenpor", also nt
i'' residence of the subscriber in Pieamtnt Val
l"v, for the accomtiiodation of those whom the
A,'ont may not see. Other points will also be
Mij'P'ied and notice !jive« thereof. A- J.
I'ecember 20th, 1819. 15-tf
Morth-Western Insurance Company of
Oswego,
N.
1
Y.
NconroRATEH by tlio Lcp isla-
tnre ofthe State of New York in 1834, with
capital fall paid in] of $150,000.
C.EOIiOE FISI1EU, Prciident.
SAVI'EI. HAWLEV,
Secretary.
COOK IFE SAROKNT,
Davenport, l"irn.
M'y*3d, 1800. 47-tf
fa
..,
ALFRED SANDERS, EUITQR. I would rather be right than be President.—HENRY
addresicd to "a lovely young girl who came one
cicnutg to amute her by making paper flowers,"
v»- worm ro«r« round mjr wajr
Anl gladdriieil mil my being
much I thank you none CUD lay,
nave only the All-Seting.
Mny tin who gave this lovely gift,
*lhi lore of lovely doingi,
St with you whi reio'er you go,
"'lo ev'ry hope'i |ur«uiiigi!
3,00
0,00
iu,oo
25,00
30,00
RAtt.S OV ADVERTISE
One square (12 lines) one insert.** #1.00
,4 each additional
,t u foi throe months *4,00
six
u u one year
fen poing tbro' the Etrrnal gate*
»o Junr'« iwret ro«H« hlowl
©k-ath'* lovely Ang«| letidi IM tk*l»—
And It it aweet to go."
Uw Twk, May 7th, |Hj0.
TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. F. S. OSGOOD.
BV II. A. HE FRANCE.
•fcs's gone!—for her n® more shall blodUl
ISlrth'a transient flow'rs (hat aoon duftff
They renter but a brinf perfume,
Era droop they, wither faat away.
E'en as they quickly disappear
•o with her life—she faded soon—
Her.sun hath set forever here
While scarce it marked the boor of noon.
'Tie faliled of th'expiring swa*
That utters it a plaintive not*}
And while she hovered on the dawn
Of death, some touching verses wrote.
And in those thoughts which she express'd
"tlruly she there her days foretold
The bowers are in June's roses dress'd
Bttt she cannot their buds behold.
Slowly t! o' calm she's trod the vale
Of shadows dark, to reach her home
Anil angels bright with joy did bait
Her entrance to th' etherial dome!
Oil Why hor mourn, her loss bewail?
Che is "not dead, but gone bi fore
Then follow in her path, nor fail
To reach that bourne, that heav'nly 'Mj^S*
For there doth bloom unfading flow'rs
Of warmer hues, than e'er are found
Among the sweetest of earth's bow'rs,
Or that doth deck her fairest ground.
Davenport—June 1830.
BETTER FROM OREGON.
Through the kindness of Dr. J.
We have had some beautiful weather. When
it does not rain here in (he winter, the weather
It exceedingly beautiful. It is juft like some ol
the prettiest spring davrf in Illinois when the
b:rds commence singing. The main part of the
fain has passed, and the winter may be said to
be over. I have not seen ice a quarter of an
inch thick this winter. The fact that I have
bepn sleeping in the office on the bare ub'.e with
one blanket under and one over me, will give
you as good an idea, as anything else I could
nnme, of how cold it had been here. You prob
ably will think this is poor comfort in the way
of sleeping but if there was a feather bed in the
other corner of the office, I would not slfeep on
it. When I first came in from the mountains, I
tried to sleep on a feather bed, but it was no go.
I could sleep better on the ground. On the road,
I had a feather bed in the wajon and slept verv
comfortably. Our wngon never let a drop of
rain in, and there were some terrible hard storms
011 tho Platte. After the ra'.ns ceased and the
ground became dry and parched, I got tired
sleeping in the wagon, and would sleep in the
tent, and afterwards in the open air which was
the most pleasant of all, and if you should ever
try it you will say so too.
"I was never more deceived in what I expect
ed to find,
than I was in the Soda Springs. They
are on Dear river, about 50 miles from Ft. Hall.
I had two or three bottles of Lemon Syrup, and
with the syrup it was really first rate soda water
These springs are a great curiosity. They boil
up out of ihe ground for the distance of a ni !e
up and down the river. It has formed little
mounds and boils up in the top and sinks back
ngain. Thero are others in pools. These also
boil up and sink again or evaporate, I don't know
which. You c. n see them boiling in tlie middle
of
the river. Some are much stronger than others.
The steamboat spiir.g is the strongest. The
couutry bears unmistukablo evidence of having
been volcanic at some period.1
Vour ideaof Oregon City is tolerably correct.
It is 12a miles fFom the mouth of the Columbia
and 30 from the mouth of the Willamette. I
believe I wrote you something ol a description
VOLUME 9.—NO. 10. DAVENPORT, SCOTT CO., IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1$ 1850
MRS. FRANCES SAROF.NT OSGOOD,
[For the Oasette.]
GAMBLK,
of l.e Claire, wo have been famished with
a Inter, ited Oregon City, Feb. 2"th,
1850, tuid received by him from Mr.
G.
Gounv, formerly editor of the Tein »er:!n*c
"Orgm!,*1 Springfielil, Ills., from which let-
ter we make the following lengthy extract:
"I am still employed in printing the Specin
lor. I have now been at work here five months
It will be a year the 2"2d of next month since I
left Springfield. It seems to me to be o very
short one. The time I was on the road is a per
fect blank. I cannot appreciate the fact t!i:it
Taylor has been President one year, because I
(fit in my laat letter.
Things in Oregon aro much the same as when
I last wrote. Every thing is verj high. About
onc-hnlf or three-fourths of the male population
Every man has to look for himself and his own
American citizens ha-e for years struggled along
[From the Ioua Republican J]
COL WM H. HENDERSON.
M&ime of our readers may be curious to know
who.Vr. Henderson, the W hig nominee lor Con
gress in ihe Second district, is."—Reporter.
Who is C1. William H. Henderson? Thi
ju-t six yea
"K. Polk .' Toe answer to Ihe latter querv already
mid had the contest been decided by reason anil
argument instead of heir ant.pod-, a blind devo-
tton to pary, Mr. Polk eotild have boasted lh-
ment of having been beaten by as honest a man
as Henderson. He is the same man who
ye«s ater in a cnnva«S for
Ilhno.x and as the esn-fi,late for Liei.ten nt (,ov-
ernor of that State, .eenved some HX Thousatid
ken up bis abode, bis gentlemanly deportment
snd ronduct have ro.nman.le,I the respect and *e-
cured birn the coniidence and esteem ol every hon-
est man who had Ihe good fortune to make his ac-
quaintan e f-or,. an-l raised in the west, for
more than thirty years he has been an active and
1
have just commenced hearing of his acts. lam
just six mouths behind the times. Since I left
home, I have traveled some three thousand
miles, and have made $8'25. I consider this as
doing tolerably well for a "poor invalid" as you
call me.
"Since I wrote Tort last, the Willamette has
been very high. Several of the principal houses
on Water Street were swept away. When it is
up the current is very swift. It is impossible to
cross it. For two or three days the drift wood
came down in one continued string—sometimes
in piles several acres large and containing trees
several hundred feet long. A great many mills
were swept away. The damage, counting the
time that it will take to replace the mills, is im
meii'e—probably as much as
a million of dollars.
interieent participant western air .rs and we
undenake to say that no man in Iowa or elsewhere
pns«esses a clearer, a more comprehensive, and,
at the same time, a ,now minute kno« ledge ot
fhe ereat and vital in'ere* of the western people
Nor do we believe that the vot.rs of this district
can find a man within its limits whose hrnaMs,
IOWJ
Halls of Congress
A TALE
GK.V1S OF
gird
0fM
1 n
platform Cuba. "And whnt after that?" "Why,then,
.... a a
A
I he answertothefirstmiesfion abort which our
e 9 u of whic
fsnegt
in the ConnriU of the
OF A
Nation. An yet our friend of tlie Reporter is
painfully solicitous on account of tlie ignorance
of his renders, and their "curiosity to know who
this Mr. Ilen.leison tlie Whig nominee is!"—
The Editor of the Heporter may rest essy it he
can. when we assure him that the people of the
west, the genuine bone andsineu-, know our
can
didate intimately, that many of llietn have grown
up from boyhood to maturer years, side by side
with him. that his manners, his habits, his feeling,
and his interests eie all of Western origin and possession of the chair assigned him in the insti
erowtlt, that he svmpa'hiscs with the pioneer,
the firmer and the laboiingman,and they warmly
reciprocote the feeling, and that where thought
and feel in? and interest are mutual an'l recipro
cal, and where the nbilily to represent thafinter
est. to unfetter it and help it expand to its utmost
est,
turiity is presented to place this inte'ligeiit gentle
man in a position in which be can act wilheffect
for himself and friends, is it unreasonable to sup
pose that they w ill rally to his snpporr, and strain
every nerve to effect his elevation to
a
TAIL.—Some of tho west­
ern newspapers stale that n liisud untune
has been discovered nl Louisville—a young
ivciitleimn wilh a tnil. fie is said to be
of the "hloodsM of the ritv, and nh'Uit
There ii n Imtul of Cliippowtt Indians
north of us, known :is the Poring" band
who are Cm Indie.*, Who dress like while
folks, nnd live comfortably bv their labor.
They nre said to be n rerv interesting P®°*
pie.—Minnesota Chronicle.
CLAY.
MR.
WINTiiROP S SPEECH.
The great length and the crowded itate of our
columrs, prevent our giving this excellent speech
in full. We regret this the more, because were
0 8 fthe ¥(ry begt
wUI go to Boifucs river, about 300 milessouth of been delivered this session of ngre
ibis, todig gold in thespring. I shall n go. If I 'hough we cannot publish the whole gpeech, we
I liud no pcrmaneut employment I might but 1
will not throw away a sure dollar for n chance
of two. We have no government here nt all—
not even a constable. There is a Governor, but
he has no more power than I have. A man can
steal as much as he likes and cannot be arrested
for it, and if he could there is no court to try him
,,U
ches
that has
ingress. Al­
shall, as we find room, give some of its ino«t bril
liant passage.*. The following is on conscience
and the Constitution.—V. Y. Hx/iress.
For myself, I
acknowledge my allegiance to the
whole Constitution of the United i3tate«,and_Iam
willing to unite in fulfilling and enforcing, in all
reasonable and proper mode', every one of i s pro
visions. I recognize, indeed, a power above all
earthly constitutions! And whenever I perceive
a
clear conflict of jurisdiction atid authority be
.i .t tween the Constitution ot my country and the
interestp. It ia outrageous, that ten thousand 7, .' _i„„. r.h»ii r»
s
l.iws of inv God, my course n clear. I snail re-
s
j-n
roy 0
in this way, through the neglect and tardy action all connection with putilic service of any sort.—
i Never, never, sir, will I put my*el( undertlie nee
essity of calling God to witness my promise to
support a constitution, any part of which I con
sider to be inconsistent with his commands.
ofC-ingress. If it is not done soon, the people
will do i: themselves. They have sent a Gover
nor, etc. here, who called the Legislature togeth
er, but sent no money to pay either. They also
sent authority here for persons to establish mail
routes and let contracts for catrying the mail—
ffice whatever it may be, and renounce
Do you remember, Mr Chairman, that old
classical dialogue between Pyrrhug, the King of
Epirns, and his eloquent councellor, Cineas?—
Pyrihup, we are told, in disclosing his plans_ of
government, had stated h*s pnrposrf of subjecting
bat sent no mail bags or money to pnv the con
tractors. It is to be hoped, however, that this Italy lo his sway when Cineas asked'"And hav
Congress will do something." The new Gover
nor has nat ct arrived."
ingovercome the Romans, what will yourmajesty
do next?" "Why, Sicily," said the King, "is
next door to Italy, and it will be easy to subdue
that." "And havin? ^ot possession of Bicily,"
said the councellor
"What next will be your royal
pleasure!" "I havea mind,then,"said Pyrrhus,
"to pass over into Africa." '-And what after
that'"said Cineas. "'Why, then, at la«t, we
will
give ourselves up to quiet, and enjoy a delightful
peace." "But what,"' rejoined the wise and ta
very naturally reminds tis of a somewhat similar i K&cious councillor, what prevents you'
query anxious!) propounded all over tue country £*^1™
.s Lo. It was this— Who i Jam**
^^etvesuchad.al^uepBSsmg between
or,eof
forms an important part of the h.i-ory ol the confidei.lial Inend or Cab .e ^.''^
*„.i ih„..t i .L.. .1'.11 mind to annex xas." "And what will .mi do
country, and should any of o'ir readers desire all
the particulais we would, with great respect, re
fiT them to tlie iron mnunf.icltiieis of ('enti'ylva
nia, 1
he friends ol home labeir and itid'!«trv, the
our Ute American Presidents and some
annexa
tj
0B and
w I i n a i a i
next?" "Why, Mexico is next door to Texas,
and it will be eas\ to subject her to our arms."—
"And having conquered Mexico, and taken pos-
i i i 1 s e s s i o n o s u o e o v i n e s a s y o u e s i e
champion ol river and harbor improvements, and 1 1 N 9
1 i_ UUDft. "Ami wim alter U»ai:" II\ mici»i
wi
lend leels so much solicits
.may very propnly And why, why-it might well ha\e
s state,I here, by way ol contrast. !e has op-
osed for the past twenty years, on all proper oc-
,| devote ourselves tope.ee, and enjoy a
asked
_should you not enj.-y that peace and
nn whv in dis
quiet now
,urbine
conquest,
Crowin«r
A rpsti 9 o(
by what it
has
3 »w|
u| jn our
troub anil wllich threalens lls
fh.
of war
on,
Horne a
jn
.oa,s
fi|sjon hRW(#
apfed to develop tlie boundless resources ol our GEOLOGY.
younc and giowing State. To 'lie farmer we will, *plM V^rth BrUiah Riview cornmenoes
young and growing
say, thai our candida'e for »ni rcs is as familiar
with all the uses of the plo»t»h, the axe and Ihe
hoe as a constant practice with the»e useful tool#
for aquaiter Ufa century in the forests ol Ken
tucky and lVnneis»e, »nd on the rich prairies of
Iowa and Illinois can render him.
A s a u i s e a k e e v e n i s o i i a e n e i e s
n o u n
in the canvass for the second office in the gifl of hourly walks, whether on business or pleasure,
of the people of Illinois, frankly conceded bim 1
culiar pleasure in challenging a comparison
with the distinguished ocoloco orators who du
ring a petiod so long "that the meino.y of yian
runneth not to the contrary/' have solemnly rep
resented the State ol
we
of
j?nf
whjch fir fo
jt8towe.ing
fl h| of n an
,h
|Ur
gnfl bor i(- jn triumph to
hy ch fie
adds, a coal ol fire
from (hp uas #tickinff 0 it at
,he time,
nw| Bnd cong
seen
,, ,,
,lme j,,
ANOTHER "STARTLING LETTER"FROM
TilE LAND Oi-' GOLD.
Our "epistolary agent at the mines"
once more
salutes us, and through ns our readers. It wfl be
saen that he is the saine old coou as usual. Du
ring the few months he was in New York, he w(P»
taken in and done
for to the tune of some $200,00C,
and heisnow again among the diggings, "bound,"
as he informs us in a private note, "to make up
the defuhunsey." When he left wevgave biin as
a parting token of our regard, a quarfo edition of
Webster's Dictionary, and begged him, for the
love he bore his country,'not to make such awful
havoc with its language, but to pay some atten
tion to orthography in his tetteis. He said he'd
try, but that the editor of the AUa California had
informed him (hat his spelling was bjr far the
most amusing part of' his epistles. Our readers
must judge from Ihe following whether our adju
ration and his promise have had any practical re
sults:
„t
with still,great-
pr b| jn war(f r(
,ari„e,henatural,
ion
„f Texas, an,I
which inevitably followed that an-
|IKt|i tlave almo rM
,i
zeJ)
olnew!ure
n.ore vote, ihan any othercandldate on .he V, h,K ravenous bird in the old fable. AJsnp
icket. Wherev-r, .l.iring a lone life, he has la-
I believe
„f
Ul e
ree-
a
(riee An(| #(|r Am ica s}rj has
been
from jfs pri(le 0
place, and hover-
oypr t'h(,sa!tpr, ora we
ak neiuhborinir power.
|t hag Mt ce4
„p0n her provinces, and
«av r01n in trinmph. But hurn-
have
-|u
fo them Discord an
rom,
Americ
and fee lings, and education so admirably tit him flaeratjon
ti press upon Congress, with tact and argument,: ,,
the adoption of such measures as will he best ad-
,i
con
wjth hem A„,, 0 |r
„,homestead is now threatened with con-
4
and able article on several geological works re
cently given to the public, by saying:
"Of all the studies which relate to the materi
al universe, there is none, perhaps, which appeals
so powerfully to our senses, or which comes into
s u o s e a n i e i a e o n a w i o u w a n s
o y n i e n s a s a o e o o y I n o u
trend witn heedless step upon tho apparen ly
the first rani. In this particular we ta'*e pe- uninteresting objects which it embracer) but
could we Tightly interrogate the rounded pebble
at our feet it would read us an excit ng chapter
on the history of primeval timcp, and would tell
us of the convulsions by which it was wrenched
from its primitive rock, and of :he floods by
which it was abraded and transported 10 its
present humble location."
Tiicse and other remarks in the same spiri*,
giveu in the able view referred to, present in
strong contrast this most popular and most prnc«
ticnl of all sciences as it now exists, and as it was
half a century ago. At that time the worJgeoto
gy was rarely mentioned, or its meaning known
in a tingle college in our land. A professor in
one of our colleges remarked that when he look
tntion, much less then half a century since he
did not know that there was more than one kind
of stone in the world, and he did not know the
name of that. A few years after the time refer
red to, this same professor prepared a work on
geo
logy ond mineralogy, which was pronounced by
,r
z,-
capacity, is found to exist in a member of Hie class English reviewers the best work extant on the
we have been talking about, and when an oppor-
g„bjec».
seat in the
The same work was translated into the
French and German languages, nnd used in both
those countries as a text book lor students. A
professor in another college remarked, that when
he took his place as a tcacher, he did not know
the name ofquartz, nor of any place in the coun
try where he could learn in. The fame of this
professor is now as wido as the science he teach
es.
Fardifferent is the present state of knowledge
on thissubjecf. Children often, and even ot
yenrsold, all over the country, speak not
MARIA POSER RIVER,
Running out ofan arm of the
SAM JOTIMRF
March first, 18 j0.
Jtcmirs Eddjturs—We'd a nice time goin sut
in the steemer to Shaegers: pertiklerly nice,—
Tell we got to Cjuba we all twins—two to a
berth. At (juba they tuk to pilin us up in tears,
without enny distinkshun in kuller, age, or sex.
I wa« fori nit ennff to skewer a place on top
of two
fat eld gent'men, who filled the bunk jest 'ike a
fefher bed, and was remirkabul soft to lay on.—
I lade hafe the nite on wun, and then turned over
and lade the other hafe on the uther, allturnative
ly. They remonstra'ed with the captin^ but he
swore that the berth was kalkillated for tonr, en
if they dident stop their idul komplaints he'd put
in the black kook to make the proper compliment.
Natral kascades plade nite and day on the floor
oftheeabbin, and: he vessil having no swob«, the
walkin was slippery. At last a meetin of Ihe
seeick passingers was held, and every thing
brought up against the
capting. They younanny
mussly voted him a retch This he koodentstnm
mick at first, but finerly konkluded t. fwal'.er
the insult in contempshns silence. IreechedShag
gers purty welt in hellh, but rayther slim—good
purvisions haviu ben skarserthan good appytights
durin the vi e.
The anny condas allt gaiters, nnd parry keefs
on the i-smuss s ben oflen diskr.bed, and the
trips o'n the mu'es is also hackneed subjeeks so
lie sav nuthin about the transportin prosees, but
knm at once to the Passitfic. The vige to San
Fransis'. o was suthin like the vige 10 Shaggers,
only more of if. I was-told by an old salt whood
ben in the nigger trade tfiat there was fairer stow
age on the slave deck of a slaver than in our cab
bin. However we arrove, and jest in time to help
at the big fire. How the gamblin houses biased,1
and how the chaps that had been clened out there
larfed! One feller on bein ast to help put out a
shop whare they plade monly, (called monty be
kase Montyzumy yuste to play at it,) said he'd
burn' hig fingers thare putty offen, and he'd be
darned it he'd run the risk agen.
1 also seen the find at Sakyrymenty Sitty and
when I left thare, most ofthepeeple Was at roost
on the rufis of the houses ketchin» tne phinny
tribe from their perch. The waters was, h"Wev
er, goin down, and the settlers hoped to do the
same in a fit days, which they did,and reel estate
follored the general exampul, and was at averry
low ebb when last heerd from.
On arrivin at Ihe Maria Poser, I coo,lent go to
work at wnnst so 'cording to your instrukshins
I sot down to studdy authorgr-ivy, and I get along
quite pearlly. I'm lay
in in a stock of the biggest
kinder wurds tor fulur yuse, and in my neckst
shall may bee fire n volly of reglar stingers from
the vollum now before me, Sennytnr Webster
must he an all-fired industrus feller, to pull the
langwidge all to peaces and pile it up incollumns
Ibis way. It's a mity catalog and I don't see
how ever he found time to
do it and 'tend to pol
lyticks and the business of the bar. Pickin out
all Ihe wnrds wi'li longs* llybulls, like plums out
of pndiin, and then searching for their roots must
a ben a cussed sight hardei than digging here, and
he m'i't a had enny k
wantity of sperrit or he nev
er could a dun it.
Thare's a good menny diggers at this pint,
waitin for the stremeof the Maria Poser go back
into theor'narv channil. At present thekuntry's
swimmin wilh it, but when it subsides we shall
make s bold push. One of the diggers says that
we shall find gold in its mav tricks. I dessayf
but I hope we'll get sum in this munth and April.
sinuations—bold
on'y°f
quartz, but of all the elements of rocks, and of
one ol tlie "moons in inn nn, nui the rocksthumselves, with the_ tame familarity
21or!li" vears of npe. Ilereloforo ho has as they speak of artieUsof furni.ure on the table.
1 1 i u a i 1 i i e y a s o u s s i y o k s w i e s a e e a i n e s s
carefully conceited his m«f«rtu. «•, 1 nt lie iney c. y hj
...refnlly
caudal nppendtigr whieh is nliO^t fmir inclirs
in length, hns lately heroine so troulile
somo th it ho 9 submitted to nn rtninenl
surgeon fur exaniiiiJiiii'n, with the# view (if
hnving tho tnil cnrtniled. '1 he deformity
is described as-a continnitH»n of 'ho verte
hrul coltimn, pimilnrto that spoken of by
traveller in India as tlie rharnrtcris'it- ol to
Etlii'ipenn race. Where's Ririsuni?
ble
as the farmer puts his animal or his vegotabl.
productions to their appropriate places.—Nation
al Intelligencer.
AN
"OMEN!—The
Bith Courier, N. Y.
snys in nil trail of several acres made
desolate by the fire at Corning, the only
combustible thing remaining, ia it beautiful
pole erected in honor of Gen. Tnyl^r, by
Ihe Whigs of Corning,
in
the campaign of
1848. Though exposed to the destroyer
in nil directions, it seems like "Old Zick"
to have "stood fire" remarkably well, sus
taining no injury beond being slightly
browned in the service J| HMNly
for another campaign.
Yours alius.
[5umfay TVmes.] A
DISBANDED VOLUNTSEB.
PRESIDENT TAYLOR.—The Washington
Republic in an able and stirring artie'e, vin
dicating the character of President Taylor,
ihtis discourses:
"But no sooner had President TAYLOR
entered upon the duties of his office than it
became manifest thnt he wna to bo made
the subject of the moBt bitter and virulent
opposition. With cause, or without causer
his Administration was to'be assailed and
broken down. Whatever might be his
meaaures, they wore to be arruigned, con
demned, nnd stigmatized ns the offspring ol
folly and corruption. Libels so gross that
ihey shocked the common sonse of the coun
try—enricntores soextravngnnt that they
betrnved their milignitv and falsehood on
their face—vituperation coarse beyond the
coarsest in partisan controversy—bise in­
LEVI DAVIS, PRINTER.
WHOLE NUMBER 155.
A BET AT THE SPRINGS.
When I visited the Springs, last summer, 1
met yoting
a
KILLING
falsehood.s--unspnring in-
vertivef—were showered without stint or
forbearance on the head of the gallant and
good old soldier, whose only offence had
been that of covering the flag ol his coun
try with glory on the fields of carnage and
victory, and winning in a pacific elective
contest the highest honors that his country
could liestow. Such was bis crime, and
such its punishment."
If Louis Napoleon, President of"fVanee,
is not n great man, he is elbnrty an amiable
one. A gentleman recently called on a
coach maker and bargnined with him for a
handsome carriage. "What is ihe lowest
price Ho inquired. "Three thousand
francs," replied the coach-maker. "Thai's
not dear," said the customer. "Dtearf"
cried the conch-malier "but for the revo
lution, and that stupid fellow at the head
ofthe government, it would be worlh sh
thousand francs." "Sir," snid the Presi
dent, "I am that stupid fellow you speak
ol!
Send
the carriage to thi Klysee, nnd
my secretary shall have tho money readv
for von." The coach-maker
ed," as Mrs. Partington s#y*.
a
lively and agreeable per­
son, witty and intelligent, but exceedingly slight,
nnd very small of Btature, almost a dwarf, a feat
pocket Adonir,and a most decided pet of the
ladies. At the same hotel, there was a promi
nent personnge, known as Tom who
stood six feet and I don't know how many inches
in his stockings, a broad, heavy, coarse-built fel
low, as
strong ns a lion, proud of his strength,
which, with the exception of his good nature,
was all he had to be proud of. If he had a fail
ing, (more particularly a failing,) than any others
in his cata'ogue,it was his sovereign contempt
for any one not possesed of physical strength
course met no favor in hia ayes,
week, small, and delicate as he appeared.
One evening after supper, the conversation
turned on feats of strength. Tom held
chairs out at arm's length, bent pokers over hisi
arm, took with apparent ease, one after the other,
such heavy whiskey toddies,as tew ordinary men
could lift glorified himself and other Samsons,
until be reached a pitch of genuine excitement.
'Why, Tom,' quietly observed ,«
great frame ia not always indicative of great
strenjt'i, neither doesa slight one indicate the re*
verse I am very slender, yet I will het yoa a
supper and champaisne for the party, that I caa
carry you fjom the Pavilion to the Spring and
back again, without putting you down.'
'Cirryme?'
'Yes! carry you.'
4N nsence,
my weight would crash yotf.'
•W. II, well, that's my look out will you bet
thf supper?'
'.•'upper! yes, fifty suppers! why you little
cherub, I weigh nearly two hundred p'oands! do
you dare to think that you can carry me from
this Pavilion to the Spring, without putting me
dow n!'
'That is what I offer to do but you are to uae
ro unfair means to prevent, no dragging of your
legs, or anything of that sort.'
'Of course not.'
'lam to carry you to the S iring and back, with
out putting you down, that's the bet.'
'Tiiat'sit it is a be'} a nice investment of your
capital.'
All doubted .*s ability to accomplish
the feaf, yet from his determined manner, some
were induced to back hin jstill were freely
offered two to
one against hnn,
Tbetl
MOLES IN A HORM.—The
o *i-
J»I— being
amongst the most extensive oj erators. It was
an incident in the quiet routine of our house*
hold. The yoting gentlemen told it to the
young Indies the young ladies thought it would
be capital fun, but they were afraid that dear lit
tle would strain himself.
'it says he will do it if he bre*ks_a blood
vessel.'
'Oil! shocking!1
The excitoment increases, an many pairs
gloves, handkerchiefs, and boqucts, were slake
upon the result. Next morning R—.—
did no
make his appcarance nt breakfast, and it waa
whispeied that he had sat up all night making
his will and practising with dumb bells. At
length the clock struck twelve,
the hour appoint
ed for the perfortnence) all Was bustle confusion
and excitement) not only the piazzas and bal
conies, but the entire road from the Pavilion to
the Spring was lined with ladies| on every side
their little sun-shades glanced in the sun beams,
and their light summer scarfs waved lo the
breeze. Soon made his appearance^
atterin? the ominous word 'strip!*
•What aays the giant.
'Strip,' repo ted
'Whuttlie devil do you mean?*
'Why, exactly whst I siy—atrij)come,hurry5
don't sippoint the ladies/
'You don't mean «#idrc».?'
'Yes, I do I wagered to carry yot you are
henvv enough, in all conscience 5 I'm Ml goitt
to burden myself with so extra tifty pounda o
clothing.'
'You don't pretend that you were to carry im
tcithmtt my elothet l' almost shrieked the aftoi
ished giant.
1 bet that I would carry yoo, and nethin,
else will you get ready?'
'S ild, Oh! Jemima and by such a little devil
exclaimed Tomj and aeizing by th
waistband of his irowsers, he rushed amid tb
shouts of laughter,and waving of handkerchief
into the bar-room, deposited R- apon tl.
counter, called tor brandy smashes all roum
a n o e e s a e a n i n e e i s e y
the Timet.
Y.'Jf
Michi
gan Farmer gives ihe following:
A lady farmer said the meadow rtiofc
had nnnoyed them greatly, nnd destroyc
two fine pear trees. She tried an experi
ment for them with success. vTbeir sub
ternnenn was uncovered, and two cow's
horns, with the large ends from each other,
placed in it, so that the moles coming cither
way would enter the horn*. Such is th*
"natur of the crittur" that it never backs
out of a scrape, persevering ahead
mnkes its way or dies in the attempt. Tb«
latter it does in the present instance.
In court lately, n juryman, on the ftitli
being adminislereid, uddressing the clefk,
said:
"Speak np,
sav."
I cannot hear what yoti
Judge:
"Stop, nre you deaff' Juror:
"Yes, of one ear." The judge: "Then yot»
had hotter leave that box, for it is necessary
that jurvmen should hear both rides
6o»wcreeled a good deal of laughter.
[IV.
TKK
II
Th«
Y. P*t.
TWO FLOWERS OF
CREATION.—Wo­
men love Bowers, and flowers are like wo
men in their beauty and sweetness, so thejr
ought to grow tip together. Ne Hower
gnrden looks complete without a wommn in
it no woman seems so fovefv aa when shf
is surrounded by flowers. BbeetwuW birg
her fragrant boquet at the window
plants in her parlor if possible, sorfW rteh
flowering shrulis in her conservatory— bt»tr
better than these, and supplying •», every
women should'haver a flower-garden. Every
man who has the least gallantry or pater*
ntl feeling should make a flower-garden fof
his wife ami daughters. Every house—th#
•mallest cottage in the country, as well
the Isrsjest mansion—should have around if
the perfumes of lilacs, pinks, and other odor*
iferous flowers that could not trouble, but
bring with them every veara worldof beao*
ty,ildft.gran|f^