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THE DAILY REPUBLIC.
JOHN O. SARGENT, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED BY GIDEON 4 CO.
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By the President of the United ItatM.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the undermentioned land offices in
ihe State of Wisconsin, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
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Vol. V. WASHINGTON: SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1853. No 4.
At tho land office at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the third day of October
next, for the disposal of the public land* situated
in the following named townships, viz:
North of Hit bait line and toetl of the fourth principal
tntridian.
Township* thirty two, thirty three, thirty four,
thirty Ave, and thirty six, of range Ave.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, thirty Ave, and thirty six, of range
six.
Township* thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty lour, and thirty Ave, of range seven
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty lour, of range eight.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, and thirty
three, of range nine.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range sixteen.
Townships thirty three and thirty four, of range
seventeen.
At the land office a't MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the tenth day of October next, for the
disposal of the public landB within the undermentioned
townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and eatl of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, west of Wolf
river, and townships twenty lour, twenty five, and
twenty six, of range thirteen.
Fractional townships twenty one and twenty
two, west of Wolf river and Bayou, and townships
twenty three, twenty foul-, twenty five, and twenty
six. of range fourteen.
Fractional township twenty two, west of Wolf
river, townships twenty three and twenty four,
and fractional townships twenty five and twenty
six, west of Wolf river, of range fifteen.
Fractional townships twenty two, twenty three,
twenty four, and twenty six, west of Wolf river,
of range sixteen.
At the land office at LA CROSSE, commencing
on Monday, the seventeenth day of October next,
for the disposal of the public lands withiu the following
named townships, to wit:
North of the base line and west of the fourth principal
I meridian.
Townships twenty and twenty one, of range one.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
and twenty one, of range two.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
eleven.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
twelve.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
thirteen.
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North of the bate line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty one, twenty two, twenty
three, and twenty four, of range one.
Township twenty one, of range two.
At the land office at STEVENS'S POINT, commencing
on Monday, the twenty fourth day ol
October next, for the disposal of the public landt
situated in the following townships and parts o!
townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east qf the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty Bix, of range four
Township twenty six, of range five.
Sections three to ten, fifteen to twenty two, and
twenty six to thirty five, in township twenty six,
township twenty seven, (except sections thirteen,
twenty four, twenty five, thirty five, and thirty
six,) and townships twenty eight, twenty nine,
and thirty, of range six.
Sections one, two, eleven to fourteen, twenty
three to twenty five, and thirty Bix, in township
twenty six; sections thirteen, twenty four, twenty
five, thirty five, and thirty six, in township twenty
seven; sections five to eight, seventeen to twenty,
thirty, and thirty one, in township twenty
eight,- township twenty nine, (except sections twen
ty five to twenty eight, and thirty three to thirty
six,) and township thirty, df range seven.
Sections one to five, eight to fifteen, twenty two
to twenty seven, thirty five and thirty six, in
township twenty four; township twenty five, (ex
cept sec ions six, seven, eighteen, nineteen, thirty,
and thirty one;) township twenty six; townships
twenty seven, (except section six,) twenty
eight, (except sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen,
thirty, and thirty one;) and townships twenty
nine and thirty, of range eight.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
nine.
Township twenty six, of range eleven.
At the land office at MINERAL POINT, commencing
on Monday, the Bccond day of January
next, for the disposal of the following, being re
siduary tracts of the reserved lead mineral landa,
which were not included in the proclamations ol
the 20th November, 1846, and 28th April, 1661, to
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "Anac!
to authorize the President of tbc United States to
sell the reserved mineral landa in the States ol
Illinois and Arkansas,and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore," ap
proved July 11,1846, to wit:
North of the bate line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half and northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section one; the east half ol
the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter, th<
west half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve,
and the northeast quarter, and north half of southwest
quarter of twenty nine, in township one; th<
northeast quarter of section thirteen, in townshi;
two; the weBt half of the northwest quarter o
section eleven, in township three; the east half o
the southeast quarter of section twenty five, and
the east half ol the southwest quarter of thirty six
in township Jive, of range one.
The west half and northeast quarter of the north
west quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter
and the east half of the southeast quarter of sectioi
two, in toionship two, of range two.
The cast half of the ndrtheast quarter, and thi
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of sec
tion four, in township two, and the northwes
quarter of the northwest quarter of section five, it
township three, of range three.
The east half of the northwesi quarter, the north
west quarter of the northeast quarter, and the eas
half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, ii
township four; and the west half of the northwes
nuarterof section thirty five, in townthip Jive, o
range four.
North of the base line anil west of the fourth prin
cipal meridian.
The west half of the northwest quarter of sec
tion three, in township two; (he east half of 111
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter o
the northeast quarter of f jut; the west halt of th
southeast quarter of si>; the southeast quarter t
the southeast quarter of twenty seven, and th
southeast quarterof the northwest quarter of thirt
four, in township three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of section ten, and th
west halt of the eouthenst quarter of thirty, i
township three, of range two
At theSAME PLACE,commencing on Monday
the third day of October nest, for the disposal <
tha public lands within the following sections, an
parts of sections, to wit;
North of the base line and wrtl of the fourth princi/n
meridian.
Section one, the east half and southwest quartci
tile west half of the northwrst quarter, and lit
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of tei
in township nine; and the east half ot the soutl
west quarter of section twenty six; the west ha
of twenty-seven; the cast half of twenty,eigh
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and tbe north half of thirty five, in townahip ten,
of range five.
Lands appropriated by law for the uae of school*,
military and other purposes* together with "those
swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby
for cultivation," If any, granted to the State by
the act enatled "An set to enable the 8tate of Arkansas
and other States to reclaim tbe 'swamp
lands' within their limits," approved September
28, 1860, tmil be excluded from the aalte.
In accordance with tbe provisions of the act of
ilth July, 1846, hereinbefore referred to, preemption
claims will not be allowed to any of tbe
above-mentioned lead mineral tracts to be offered
at Mineral Point, until after they have been offered
at public sale, and become subject to private en
try. And these tracts will be sold in such legal
subdivisions as will include tbe mine or mines at
not less than two dollar I and fifty cents per acre;
and if not sold at the public sale at such price, nor
shall be entered at private sale within twelve
months thereafter, the same shall be subject to sale
as other lands.
Tbe offering of the above lands will be commenced
on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which tbey are advertised until the
whole shall have bsen offered, and the sales thus
closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than
two weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands
will be admitted until after the expiration of the
two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington.
this twentv-flrst dav of June. Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption
to any of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the resr,
later and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor at toon at practicable after
teeing thii notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June 23?-lawl3w
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION.
\\THEREAS by the aot entitled "An act relating
VY to dogs," approved 25th July, 1829, and the
act amending the Bame, approved 27th April, 1838,
it is provided that "whenever it shall be made appear
to the satisfaction of the Mayor that any animal
of the dog kind within this city shall be
"deemed and considered mad," it shall be "the
duty of the Mayor to issue his proclamation requiring
that all animals of the dog kind shall be
kept confined for such number of days as he shall
deem expedient and proper, to state in said proc'
tarnation, not exceeding ninety days; and it shall
be the duty of the city constables, and lawful for
any other person, to kill and bury all and every
d?g going at large contrary to the said proclama
tion," &c.
Now, therefore, it having been made to appear
to my satisfaction that there are "animals of the
. dog kind" mad within this city, I do hereby give
f notice, to all whom it may concern, that "all ani,
mals of the dog kind" in this city are required to
and /liwtnw fKa (arm nf ai vltr
| m?Dpn,uUUi.cu.u. j
days from the date hereof; sod the police officers
of this Corporation are required to enforce the law
' in respect to all such as may be found going at
large contrary to this proclamation.
Given under my hand at the Mayor's office, in
the city of Washington, this 29th day of June,
I 1853. JOHN W. MAURY,
> July 6?law6w Mayor.
| Gideon B. Mason, by bis*) Bill in circuit court for
next friend, William | Worcester county,
' Mason, ^ State of Maryland
vs I May term, 1853
, Maria Mapon. J
THE BILL, in this cause states that the complainant
is a resident of Worcester county,
State of Maryland; that he hath resided in said
t county and State two years next preceding the
filing of said bill; that heretofore he intermarried
, with a certain Maria Ellis, now Maria Mason, a
resident of said county and State. The bill charges,
l that the said Maria, previous to her intermarriage
with the said Gideon, was guilty of illicit carnal
intercourse with another man and men. ond that
said illicit carnal intercourse was unknown tocomplainant
at the time of his said intermarriage with
l said Maria; that since said intermarriage of said
Gideon with said Maria she hath been guilty of
adultery at the State aforesaid, and hath forfeited
all claim to the respect and support of the said
( Gideon; and the complainant prays to be divorced
from said Maria, a vinculo malromonii; and it appearing
to the court that the subpoena issued in
this cause against the said Maria has been return.
ed by the sheriff of said county nen tit, and the
court being satisfied that the said Maria was at the
time of filing said bill a resident or supposed rej
aident of said county and State, and that she hath
avoided the sheriff of said county to evade the scr*****
"""""oa nf (hiannnH iflaiifrf in thior.auBe:
T IV/O v?l lilt! y. vw ? -
| It is thereupon adjudged and ordered, that the
r complainant, by causing a copy of this order to be
inserted in some newspaper published at the city
of Washington once in eacn of five successive
weeks before the first day of August, eighteen
hundred and fifty three, give notice to the said
Maria Mason of the object and substance of this
bill, warning her to appear in this court in person,
, or by solicitor, on or before the third Tuesday of
. November, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, to
, answer the premises, and show cause, if any she
r has, why a decree ought not to pass as prayed.
, Test: EDWARD D. MARTIN, Clerk.
True copy. Test:
. EDWARD D. MARTIN, Clerk.
June 14?lawSw
R0FES80R ALEXAHDER C. BARRY'S
TRICOPHEROUS.or Medicated Compound, for
f beautifying, curling, preserving, restoring and
f strengthening the Hair, relieving diseases of the
I skin, curing rheumatic pains and healing external
> wounds. Bounded by no geographical lines, the
reputation of Barry's Tricopherous pervades the
- Union. The sales of the article of late years have
> increased in a ratio that almost exceeds belief.
1 Professor Barry, after a careful examination of his
sales-book, finds that the number of bottles de5
livered to order, in quantities of from half a gross
- upward, during the year 1852, was within a trifle
t of950,000.
9 It is unnecessary to present at length the evidences
of the wonderful properties of the Trico
pherous when the public have furnished Buch an
I endorsement as this. The cheapness of the article,
9 and the explanations given of its chemical action
t upon the hair, the scalp, and in all cases of
f superficial irritation, first recommended it to
the attention of the people. This was all that
. the inventor desired. Every bottle advertised
itself. The effects of the fluid exceeded expectation.
It acted like a charm. The ladies would
not be without it Country dealers in every
e. section of the United States found they must
have it; and thus was built up a wholesale
trade of an extent hitherto unheard of as regards
articles of this kind. The highest point has not
c yet been reached, and it is believed that the sales
y this year will be a million and a half of bottles.
Depot and manufactory, No. 137 Broadway, New
? York. Retail price, 25 cents a large bottle.
" Liberal discount to purcnaaera ny me quantity
r Sold by all the principal merchants and drug-gists
'l throughout the United States and Canada, Mexi
? co, West Indies, Great Britain, France, &c., by
S. PARKRR. Penn. nvenue,
And A. LAMMOND, 7th atrert,
j/ June 4?d&triwtim* Washington.
RANKR'S CI VII, W A RS A N I) M(>N A RCII V
IN FR A NCR in the 16th and 17th rrnltirirs;
0 a History of France during that Period I vol.
l, The Life and Letters of Doctor Olio, late Presi
1 dent of the Wesleyan University. 2 vols.
If For sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S
t, June2'2 Bookstore, near 9th at.
By the President of the United States*
IN pursuance of law, I, MILLARD FILLMORE,
President ol the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that, public sales
will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices
in the State of W18CONSIN, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
At the Land Office at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the second day of May
nest, for the disposal of the public lands situated
within the undermentioned townships and fractional
townships, viz:
North of the bate line and weet of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township forty nine and fractional township
fifty, on certain islands and the main shore of Lake
Superior, of range three.
Fractional township fifty, on the main shore of
Lake Superior, of range four.
Township forty nine, and fractional townships
fifty and fifty one, on the main shore of Lake Superior,
of range seven.
Township forty nine and fractional township
fifty, on the shore of Lake Superior, of range eight.
Fractional townships forty nine and fifty, on tb#
shore of Lake Superior, of range nine.
Townships twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and
thirty two; townships forty seven and forty eight
and fractional township forty nine, on the shore
of Lake Superior, of range ten.
Townships twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty,
thirty one, and thirty two, and fractional township
forty nine, on the shore of Lake Superior, of
range eleven.
Townships thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirtythree,
and thirty four, and fractional township
forty nine, on Lake Superior, of range twelve.
Townships thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirtythree,
and thirty-four, of range thirteen.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fourteen.
Tbwnships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fifteen.
At the Land Office at LA CROSSE, commencing
on Monday, the sixteenth day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the following
named townships, to wit:
North of the base line and west of the fourthprincip a
meridian.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen,of
range one.
Townships twenty-one and twenty-two, of range
six.
Townships twenty-oneand twenty-twe, of range
seven.
TownshiDS twentv-one, twenty-two, twenty
three, and twenty-four, of range eight.
Townships twenty one, twenty-two, twentythree,
and twenty-four, of range nine.
Townships twenty-one, twenty-two, twentythree,
twenty four, and twenty-five, of range ten
Townships twenty four and twenty five, of range
At the Land Office at STEVENS POINT, commencing
on Monday, the ninth day of May neat,
for the disposal of the public lands situated within
the limits of the undermentioned townships, to
wit:
North of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty five, oi range four.
Townships twenty five, twenty seven, twenty
eight, twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and thirty
two, of range five.
Township twenty five, of range six.
Sections eighteen, nineteen, thirty, and thirty
one, in township twenty five, of range seven.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
ten.
Township twenty five, of range eleven.
At the Land bffice at MENA8HA, commencing
on Monday, the twenty third day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the following
named townships, vis:
North of Uie base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty two and twenty three, of
range thirteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
rwJlbavw onH rtlhnr nnrnnoftfl. fnorthp.r with "thflflfi
swamp and overflowed landa made unfit thereby
for cultivation," if any, which shall be selected by
the State authorities before the days appointed for
the commencement of the public sales respectively,
under the act entitled "An act to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
'swamp lands' within their limits," approved
September 28, 1850, will be excluded from the
tales.
* The offering of the above-mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised, with
all convenientdespatch, until the whole shall have
been offered, and the saleB thus closed; but no sale
shall be kept opon longer than two weeks, and no
private entry of the lands will be admitted until
after the expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand atthecitv of Washington,
this first day of February, Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and fifty three.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption
to any of the lands within the townships and
fractional townships above enumerated is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon as practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the commencement of the public sale of the
lands embracing the tract claimed,otherwisesuch
claim will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Feb 3?lawl3w
POSTPONEMENT OP THE PUBLIC LAND
SALES IN WISCONSIN.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the public
sales of lands ordered by the proclamation of
the President of the United States, dated the first
dav of February, 1853, to be held at the following
named Land Oifices in the State of Wisconsin, to
wit: at the Land Offices at WILLOW RIVER,
LA CROSSE, STEVENS' POINT, and MENASHA?to
commence on the 2d, 16th, 9th, and 23d
of May next?arc declared to be postponed until
the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th of July next, iespectively.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington
this 18th day of April, Anno Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
April 20?lawl3w
LIBERTY STOVE WORKS <Si HOLLOWWARE
FOUNDRY, Philadelphia.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform the
public, that having still further enlarged and
improved their WORKS, and increased their facilities,
they are now prepared to execute orders for
stoves, hollow-ware, &c., on the most reasonable
erms.
They invite the attention of SOUTHERN and
WESTERN MERCHANTS to their large and extensive
assortment of NEW PATTERNS, all ol
which have been got up at great expense, combining
originality and beauty of design, with durability,
utility, and economy in their operation,
comprising tnr innsi compute una vnrtco assori.monl
of STOVES I'vrr offered for mile ; consisting
' of Liberty Air Tipht Cook, for wood or coal; Com
pletc Cook ; Star Air-Tight; Star Franklin ; Star
Radiator; Fire King Radiator; Improved Jenny
Lind ; Cannon Stoves; Rases; Bare Cylinders;
Bar-Rooms ; Radiati r Plates; Tea Kettles; Ran
gen; (Jas Ovens. Ac , See
COUNTRY MERCHANTS desirous of ordering
; by letter can have a list of prices sent by mail, containing
drawings nnd descriptions of all the different
varieties of Stoves, &o.
ABBOTT & LAWRENCE,
Brown St., above Fourth, Philadelphia.
Feb '28?lawGm*
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THE REPUBLIC.
SUMMER SKETCHES?No. 2.
by mahy j. windle.
Suannondale Echinus, July 6, 1H53.
As we opened our window this morning the air
came in freshly and sweetly as if it were freighted
with the fragrance of all the blossoms around.
The nightingale and the robin announced
the rising orb of day, while the flowers unclosed
their buds in the transparent morning ray,
wafting forth their delicious odors. We could
not resist the invitation, and left our darkened
chamber for a morning walk.
"God made the country and man made the
town," Cowper said in poetic phrase, and thousands
have repeated the sentiment in prose and
ppetry. It is indeed God's noblest architecture.
Here birds and flowers are fresh from the hands
of their Maker, and nature's hymn is more sincere
and touching because it comes not from the gilded
prisons of captive birds. We walked on, stepping
carefully lest our feet should crush the little
violet which sheds its perfume on the lower earth,
as though too lowly to mingle with the clouds of
fragrance emitted by the loftier plants above?
and the dew flower, that jewelled gossamer which
ninlblo fingers spread from green to green in the
spirit-freighted night-time. Thousands of purple
eyes looked up lovingly from deserted fields,
binds waved their wings and wheeled and carolled
in the soft light, the very brooks leaped and
sparkled, an undine laughing from the heart of
overy bubble; while the winds murmured their
music among the old trees, and then swopt downward
from their high communion and stooped
wooingly to kiss our cheek, leaving a touch of
balm upon our lips. The golden sunshine glowed
in our path, or coquetted with cool, fresh
shadows which invited to dreamy repose by the
wayside; while among the foliage a fairy-like
robin was perched upon a bough practising a little
duet with its partner in the fragrant foliage
just beyond the fence. Glad voices greeted us
from shrub, and tree, and flower, till it seemed as
though each had in it a living soul. We paused
to dally lovingly with the flowers blooming around
us. We love flowers?those rainbows of earth,
gilt with the seven-fold beams of lioavon, proclaiming
the covenant mercy of God, his tenderness
and love?those smiles of creation so bright
and radiant, gladdening the waste places of Nature,
and making the wilderness rejoice?those
unfallen children of Paradise whose pure and fragrant
breath distills balm into the sin-sick and
weary heart, and fills it with innocent and holy
thoughts. If we had been born in a heathen land,
and worshipped any of God's works, it would
have been flowers. They are to us living, breathing,
animated beings. They talk to us with their
balmy breath. As they bend their graceful stems
and green leaves in the wind, they seem to woo
our caresses, and we long to fold them in our
arms and hold them against our hearts.
Even as we write there steals upon our spirit a
sweot, delicious odor, exhaled from a cluster of
blossoms placed in the centre of the table, and
the whole apartment is perfumed with their aroma.
It is a modest little flower, boasting no glowing
tint or gorgeous dyo; yet had God created no
other blossom than this, breathed no other fragranco
011 the air than its exquisite perfume, we
should still have an impression >of beauty, and
grace, and love unspeakable, a token of goodness
celestial, of mercy divine. Not love flowers!
Alas for tho young heart that conceives a sentiment
like this!
But flowers, and birds, and sunlight were for?*4?
?mui-mul in tlio HiimnHMirKr (jrrsmdour of
gUULOU, llliu .Uv1(S r__ ^ B
the scene that rose majestically before us on reaching
an eminence near the springs. The gray,
bald brows of a vast mountain chain formed the
stupendous background of one of the most sublime
views in Virginia. They loomed out like mighty
giants?Titans of the earth, in all their rugged
and awful beauty?casting into denser shadow the
vast forest bolt that girdled them round. A thrill
of wonder and delight pervaded my mind. The
spectacle floated dimly on my sight; my eyes
were blinded with tears?blinded with the excess
of beauty. 1 turned to the right and to the left;
never had T beheld so many striking objects blended
into one mighty whole! Had wo dropped down
here from the clouds ignorant of our locality, we
would think of Switzerland or Italy, or fancy
ourselves on an excursion with Wordsworth
among tile romance of his lake scenery, or with
Sir Walter Scott in some fairy spot of his beloved
highlands.
The air, freo from the dust, floating particles,
and exhalations of the city*, was here perfectly
transparent, and the sky of a richer blue. Above
our head waved the leaves of a voteran of the forest.
while the birds from its branches treated us
to their liquid whistles. They seemed holding a
congress in that old tree, intent only upon them|
selves, not caring for the fate of their old friend
that had borno thoir weight from the period ot its
groat beauty until now. But 0110 of the orators
soon left, probably in disgust; he means of course
to appeal to his constituents in the farther wood,
and "define his position."
Turning in another direction, we were scarcely
less charmed with the scene that was thero presented.
The house half embowered in rich foliage,
with tho middle space dottod over with
neat cabins, lay before us. It is entered by a
broad flight of steps leading to its portico, from
which two doors give admission into a diningroom
and parlor. The upper porticos furnish n
fine promenade in wet weather, and add much to
the lightness of the edifice. From this admirable
foreground a gentle declivity spreads away to the
glittering Shenandoah, while in front a. lawn,
enamelled with a rich coating of verdure, is rolled
out like a carpet, and dottod with lambs peacefully
grazing or indolontly reclining upon the
thick grnss. Beyond tho lawn, and extending
farther into the plantation, are fields containing
cattle reposing, feeding, or standing in social
clusters. On our left stands the neat building of
the slaves belonging to the establishment, the
smoke issuing from its chimney curling gracefully
upward, and floating away on the breeze in thin
blue clouds. So quiet is its aspect, that you might
fancy the inhabitants were taking a "Rip Van
Winkle" nap of twenty years?n nap tilled with
; i -! |M>I, ,
dreams of tile sweetest and most agreeable nature.
Tlie bath-houses and other watering-place appurtenances
present the appearance of a little village.
The spring attached to the groonds is celebrated
for its beneficial effects in diseases of digestion,
chronic, bilious, and congestive ievers. The
water is of an icy coolness, and its constituent
qualities, as ascertained by chemical analysis, are
sulphate of magnesia, iodine, and iron, which exist
in such a state of combination as to render the
waters not very disagreeable to the taste, but
highly beneficial to the patient.
On our way home we passed where the bright
sharp scythes of the reapers were gleaming in the
sun, and the long spears of wheat made music as
it fell with a soil rustle beneath their strokes.
We never saw any thing more beautiful than
that broad field, dotted with mounds of mown
grain drying in the sun, and striped with long
swathes, freshly cut. The laborers, athletic,
healthy-looking Africans, standing in a row with
their sleeves rolled up above their elbows, now
swinging to the right the brilliant steel, then
bringing it down to the left with a sweeping
curve, wading along knee-deep through a sea of
verdure; we never could be tired of watching
their movements. In another part of the field,
where the mounds had been heaped up largest,
there was a broad cart, drawn by a pair of dark
brown, white-faced oxen, fat, sleek, and strong,
chewinsr their cud with indefatigable gravity,
while the laborers tossed the wheat with their
light pitch-forks into the cart, already nearly
filled, but which was to heave higher and higher
its odoriferous burden.
Slowly and majestically the oxen began their
march, the mounds sweeping down on either side
of the vehicle like a lordly drapery?like a triumphal
car it rolled up the green road, the heavy
steps of the animals falling with a soft, crushing
sound on the rich velvet carpet spread out beneath
their feet.
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The visitors, who ore daily increasing, compose
the most pleasant society. We have belles from
different sections of the country, but as yet no
love affairs. We have noticed the gentlemen
carefully, and they all tie their cravats, wear
their Panamas, and smoke their Havanas, with
the air of conscious victory. There is, dear lady
reader, no pallor, no cambric pocket handkerchiefs,
no leaning out of windows in the moonlight
to recite burning lines of Byron, nor any of
the various symptoms of heart-stricken men?of
mejj "in love.-" Oh! the ordinary phrase, but the
momentous fact. But ladies do not despair, for
as we write we fancy we hear the fluttering of
Cupid's wings. More anon.
Oaths.
From the proceedings of the British House of
Lords, on the 16th ultimo, (as reported in the
London Times,) we extract the following remarks
on the subject of abolishing oaths in certain
cases:
Lord Brouoham presented a number of petitions,
including petitions signed by 85 ministers
of Edinburgh, (chiefly of the established church
of Scotland,) by 55 ministers of the established
church and dissenting ministers of Glasgow, by
44 Baptist ministers in Scotland, by 29 ministers
of dissenting congregations at Newcastle-uponTyne,
and from the Edinburgh and Leith Church
Association, in favor of the abolition of oaths. The
noble anil learneu ioru saiu mm mo rase u^u m
these petitions was one which,- he thought, deserved
the gravest consideration of their lordships.
By the old law certain sectaries were disqualified
from being examined as witnesses in any
case, civil or criminal, in consequence of their
conscientious scruples to taking oaths; but the
law was at length altered in respect of three
sects?Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. The
members of these sects were, in the first instanco,
enabled to give evidence in civil cases only, but
the qualification was afterwards extended to criminal
cases. Subsequently an act was passed
oxtending the same privilege, to all persons who
had formerly been members of those sects, and
who had censed to Itelong to them, but who still
ruluiucd the same conscientious scruples on the
subject of oaths. This privilege, however?if
privilege it could be called?of assisting the administration
of justice as witnesses, and of performing
in that respect their duty to thoir country
without, doing violence to their conscientious
religious scruples, was still confined to
the three sects he had mentioned. All other
persons who entertained conscientious objections
to taking oaths, and who did not belong
to any of those sects, yet remained in the predicament
of being unable to give evidence, and the
benefit of their testimony was lost to the country
in tlio administration of justice, because they conscientiously
refuse to take oaths. As these peti
i"??ra run resented. it frcoueiitlv haunencd that
when parties were on their trial, or were taken
before the police for grave offences, the only evidence
on which they could be convicted in case of
a trial, or upon which they could bo committed in
the case of an arrest by the police, was the evidence
of those respectable and conscientious-persons
who were unable to take an oath. The consequence
was that the guilty parties escaped, and
innocent men wore committed for a contempt of
court, because they could not do violence to their
consciences by giving evidence under the obligation
of an oath. These reverend petitioners, however,
somewhat understated their case, because,
not only did the present state of the law load to
the infliction of these pains upon innocent and
conscientious witnesses, and to the escape of guilty
felons, but it happened, also, that innocent
men were convicted for tlio want of evidence
which would insure their acquittal, because the
persons by whom such evidence could be given
were precluded from giving testimony upon oath.
He (Lord Brougham) was the more anxious to state
the case put before their lordships by these petitioners,
because he differed from them as to the extent
to which their opinion was carriod on the subject
of oaths, lie considered that a general abrogation
of the nccossity of swearing witnesses, and
the establishment of a general power of giving
evklenco upon simple affirmation, was not a
cliiiiigo which it was expedient to make in our
law, civil or criminal. His noble and learned
friend the late Chief Justice (Lord Denman) had,
in 1849, brought heforo their lordships a measure
on this subject, which had been introduced in the
House of Commons by the present Vice Chancellor
Sir W. P. Wood, and that bill he (Lord
Brougham) had felt it his duty to oppose. That
was the only case within his recollection when,
upon any matter, political or legal, he had had
the misfortune to differ from his most learned and
venerahlo friend. That bill was referred to a select
committee, and the evidence which was taken
before that body only tended to confirm him in
the opinion which he had previously entertained
respecting the danger of abandoning the security
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afforded by oath*. Their lordships all knew the
great difficulty of getting at the truth when a
disposition existed on the part of a witness to conceal
it ; uiul, although the tear of temporal punishment
might do much, yet there were persons who,
considering the chances of a prosecution not being
persisted in, and the further chances of a prosecution
failing, would not hesitate to give false
evidence if that were all they hud to Fear from
doing so, but who would not probably be disposed
to commit perjury by breaking an oath. He well
recollected an instance of this which tlie late Lord
Erskine was lbnd of reciting. A woman from tire
northern part of the island was brought forward
as a witness ill the Court of Queen's Bench, and
was sworn according to tho ancient form in use in
thin country, by the cricr of the court administering
the words of the oath, unci emitting her to kis?
the book. The witness hull given her evidence in
the most clear niul unhesitating manner, when
Lord Kenyon, who presided, said to Mr. Krskine,
who acted as counsel, "You cannot meet this
case, the evidence is all against you." Mr. Erskine
replied, " 1 lielieve 1 can, my lord. 1 will
sweur the witness in tiie lbrm in use in Scotland."
Whereupon he made the witness hold up
her hand, and with that manner, and with that
voice, which no one that he (Lord Brougham) had
ever seen or heard speak ever came within sight of,
administered the form of an oath which was in use
among our fellow-subjects in the north?a form of
oath which, as well as the mode of administering
it, was as far superior to tliat which was in use in
this part of the island as any one solemnity could
exceed or be superior to another. [Hear, hear.]
The result was tliat the witness refused to take
the oath in that solemn form, and thus ended the
case. lie would not, therefore, abandon the system
of administering oaths altogether, but he
would give a discretion to the judge to allow a
witness io take an affirmation instead of an oath
in all cases where he was convinced that his objection
to take the outh arose from conscientious
scruples. He found that in a number of cases
this power had been exercised by judges and in
more numerous cases by magistrates in Scotland;
but evidence taken under such circumstances was
clearly illegal, and his impression was that on the
whole it would be expedient to render that course
legal which had been already adopted in many
case by the judges and magistrates under the
pressure of the difficulties by which they had been
beset. [Hear, hear.]
Lord Campbell presented thirty petitions from
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, and other
towns in Scotland, to the same effect. There was
one of those petitions which had peculiar claims
to their lordsnips' attention, inasmuch as it was
signed by seventy-two ministers of the United
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The grievance
to which the petitioners called the attention of (.
their lordships was a very serious one. At present
the only classes who were allowed by law to
take an affirmation instead of an oath were Qua- ,
kcrs and Separatists. Now, he ffelt justified in j
saying that there might be orthodox members of
the Church of England who considered it unlawful
to take an oath, and, although he (Lord Campbell)
was of a different opinion, he did not at all
wonder that many persons did entertain serious ,j
scruples on the subject. But it was not the scru- 11
pies of witnesses alone that their lordships had to 1
consider. Tho loss of the testimony was also to f|
be considered. Suppose a witness refused to swear f
to the fact of the marriage of the father and motlior
of one of their lordships, their title to sit in
that House might be seriously affected. He hoped, ;
therefore, that the time had arrived when a rem- . !
edy might safely be provided for this grievance.
He admitted that it would bo monstrous to propose
the abolition of judicial oaths altogether; but .
he could see no hurm in abolishing them so far as ;
tho class of persons were concerned who really
and truly entertained religious scruples on tho
subject; and he should be glad to see a measure
giving relief to such persons introduced even during
the present session. [Hear, hear.] He thought
that the common-law commissioners, in their second
report, h;ul pointed out the true course to
follow; and that was to allow the judges a discretion
in the matter.
Lord Brougham said ho was not aware that
that suggestion had been made by the commissioners;
but it was a very good one. He had
been informed of a very hard case?perhaps the
hardest that had occurred under the existing system.
It was that of a young man who happened
to be present when some offence was committed.
He was taken before the sheriff, and, having refused
to swear, he was sent to jail for contumacy,.where
he remained one month. He was
in feeble health, and when he came out he took to
his bed and never rose again. He died in sir
weeks alter. [Hear, hear.]
Bad Doinu.k in Nkw Yokk.?The city of New
York is represented as exhibiting a sad state of
disorder on the ."Id and 4th instant. Drunkenness,
profanity, obscenity, and tumult, outraged
the Sabbath and disgraced the anniversary of our
national freedom.
One of the editors of the (Joiiiinevcittl Slthiertiscr,
in obedience to an imperative summons, went on
board the steamer Thomas K. Hulse, 011 Sunday
' ^ "* 11 * "n,I? * -* 1
morning, 10 riuversi.ruw. i hu imm >vun uiuwucu
very far l?eyoud her capacity," he remarks. (And
dearly will wo yet pay for permitting this practice.)
He proceeds:
"The bar on hoard the boat was kept open from
the moment of starting to the end of the trip on
Sunday morning, and the same thing was done
on the return trip in the afternoon; while on the
part of the passengers there was one continuous,
unceasing, eager struggle for 'liquor.' It was a
scene?that same Sabbath morn of profanation?to
make an angel weep; and yet it was far
ouLdonc by that of the afternoon and evening.
Young men of respectable exterior wore drunk
oven before breakfast, and behaved there worse
than boors and savages. The wholo morning, up
to 11 o'clock, when tlio boat arrivod at Haverstraw,
was a scene of riot and demoralization;
while on the return trip fights, drunken rudeness,
and coasoness, and t.lio worst outgivings of maudlin
or rabid inebriation kept up a continual disturbance.
"Monday wo spent in the city and suburbs
making observations. At three o'clock, in the
lower portion of the city and in some parts of
Brooklyn, gangs of youth, of very hoys, were
prowling about, the streets maddened with intoxi- H
o" Knnt nn niHrntrA in r?mwnminnr*?> of* flwir
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intoxication that it required some nerve to pass
by them, while probably to havo evinced fear
would have been to provoke assault. Wo paused
up Broadway before dusk, and everywhere was
drunkenness, drunkenness, drunkenness, and that
too in its most riotous features. The amount of
inebriation no typos or words can depict. It was
fearful."
Wasiiivc; Clothes bV Steam.?All the washing
of the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, is done
by steam, without rubbing tho linen to rags, or
wearing out tho hands of the washer-women. In
less than thirty minutes the clothes are washed
and dried ready for the wearer. One man and
throe women do all the washing of this hotel,
amounting to from to .5,(MM) pieces a day.
Naii.s Growing in the Flesh.?A writer in
the Ohio Cultivator gives the following remedy:
"Cut a notch in the middle of the nail every time
the nail is pared. The disposition to dose the
notch draws the nnil from the sides. It cured H
mine after I had suffered weeks with its festering." H
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