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Vol. V. WASHINGTON: MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15. 1853. No. 35.
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Br tbe President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PlERCE, "
President of the United States, do hereby declare
and make known that public sales of the I
sections and parts of sections of land, all bearinS i
. tbe odd numbers, which remain to tbe United i
States, within six miles on each side of the line of (
tbe Mobile and Ohio River railroad, In the 8tates
of Alabama and Mississippi, subject to double the i
minimum price of the publio lands, as provided by i
tbe act of 20th September, 1860, will be held at the i
following' land offices, in the 8tates of Alabama
and Mississippi, at tbe periods hereinafter designated,
tO wit !
At the land office at ST. STEPHENS, in Alabama,
commencing on Monday, tbe fifth day of I
September next, for tbe disposal of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbert above re- '
(erred to, as are situated in the undermentioned 1
townships, to wit:
North of Ike base line and weet of ike principal meridian.
,
Townships.# ne and (too, of range one.
Townships one, two, three, and four, of range I
two.
Townships one two, three, four and five, of i
range three.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and t
teven, of range four.
Townships three, four, five, six and teven, of ,
range five.
South of the bate line and toest of the principal meri- '
dian.
Townships one, two, three, four, and five, of range
one.
Townships one, two, three, four, and five, of
range two.
Townships one, two, and three, of range three.
nVmstakU AMS ftf PAnOTA foiir.
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South of tht butt lint and tatl of tht principal meridian.
Townships Ihrtt and four, of range one.
At tbe land office at DEMOPOLI3, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the Ivotlfth day of
September next, for the disposal of such sections and
parte of aectiona, being the odd numbere above rer
.. red to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and toett of the principal meridian.
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, of
range four.
At the land office at TUSCALOOSA, in tbe
same State, commencing on Monday, theJ^fAday
of September next, for. tbe disposal of auch sections
and parts of aectiona, being the odd numbere above
referred to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North iff the bate line and went of the principal meridian
in the louthern turveying dittrict.
Township twenty one, of range four.
At the land office at COLUMBUS, in Mississippi,
commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day of
September next, Tor the disposal of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbert above referred
to, as are situated in tbe undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North pf the bate line and eatt of the Choctaw
meridian.
Townships eight, tixteen, teoenleen, eighteen,
nineteen, and twenty, of range fifteen.
Townships eight, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, tixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen,fifteen, sixteen, teventeen, eighteen,
and nineteen, of range seventeen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, of range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, of
range nineteen.
At tbe land office at AUGUSTA, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the twenty tixth
day of September next, for the disposal of such sections
and parts of sections, being tbe odd numbert
above referred to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the hate line and eatt of the Choctaw meridian.
Township four, of range thirteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, and tix, of
range fourteen.
Townships one, two, three, fpur, five, six, and
seven, of range fifteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
uvan, 01 riDgo iiAiecu.
Townships one,jive, six, and ?teen,of range seventeen.
Township seven, of range eighteen.
North of the base line, toe it of the meridian, and east
qf Pearl river.
Townships three, four, jive, six, seven, and eight,
of range Ave.
Townships jive, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
of range six.
Townships seven, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven.
Townships, eight, nine, and fen, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman letters
are wholly within the limits of "six sections
in width on each side of said road," and those in
italics are partly within said limits, as designated
on the diagrams, which will be furnished to the
respective district land offices by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Lands reserved for schools, military, and other
purposes, wilt be excluded from sale.
The lands sold will be subject to the right of way
granted by the said act ot 20th September, 1S50,
to the States aforesaid, for said railroad, net exceeding
one hundred feel on each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts of land which include
the road will be sold as containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for a time sufficient)
to admit of offering all the lands, but not exceed-1
lng two weeks, and applications to make private
entries of the lands offered under this proclamation
wilt not be received until after the close of the
public sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
the twenty-third day of May, A. D. 1863.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands of the United
States originally withdrawn from market on account
qf the railroad grant.
Under act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1863,
entitled "An act to extend pre-emption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned," the pre-emption
laws of the Uitited States as they now exist are
extended over the alternate reserved sections of
public lands along the line of the railread hereinbefore
mentioned, where the settlement and itn
-~.n( nrmr* made mrior to Ihtjinal allotment of
UlUTOUi?H. ? ? r
the alternate eectiona to the said railroad. There
fore, all claima by pre-emption to anjr of the alternate
eectiona of public landa within the limita
originally reeerved will attach, if predicated upon
aettlementa made prior to the 4th February, 1863,
the date of the final allotment.'
Claima within tbeaix milea limita rnuatbe proven
up at any time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of the public aale, and are to be
paid for at the rate of two dollare and fifty cente
per acre. Claima outeide of the aix milea, and
within the limita of the original reservation, muat
be proven up prior to the reatoration of aaid landa
to private entry.
Soldiere' bounty land warranta, at a dollar and
twenty-five centa per acre, may be received in
payment for either claaa of landa; one warrant
only, however, can be located by each pre-emptor.
Immediately after the cloae of the public ealc
directed by the foregoing proclamation of the Pre
aidant, applicationa will be received for the purchaae
at private entry, or location by warranta,ol
the landa reaerved to aatiafy thia grant, outaide ol
the aix milea limita, in auch order aa to prevent
confuaion and inaure accuracy, in accordance witt
inaiructlona to be iaaued to the rearietera and re.
cnvera. JOHN WILSON.
Cemmiaalonar of the General Land Offloe.
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By the President of the United States. i
[N pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, <
President of tbe United 8tates of America, do
tereby declare and make known that public sale*
sill be held at the undermentioned land offices in 1
he State of Wisconsin, at tbe periods hereinafter
leslgnated, to wit:
At the land office at WILLOW RIVER, coranencing
on Monday, tbe third day of October
text, for the disposal of the public fands situated
n the following named townships, vis:
Worth of the bats line and u>e$t of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships thirty two, thirty three, thirty four,
hirty five, and thirty six, of range five.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, thirty five, and thirty six, of range
fix.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, and thirty five, of range seven
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range eightTownships
tfiirty one, thirty two, and thirty
three, of range nine.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
*-J nf sanwa afvUfln
Townships thirty three and thirty four, of range
eventeen.
At the land office at MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the tenth day of October next, tor the
disposal of the public lands within the undermentioned
townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the hate line and tatl of the fourth jnincipal
meridian.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, west of Wolf
river, and townships twenty four, 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 four, 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 within the following
named townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and voett of the fourth principal
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.
North of the bate line and eatt 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 STEVEN8'S POINT, commencing
on Monday, the twenty fourth day of
rt?,nk<.r for the disDosal of the public lands
situated in the following townships and parts of
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and east qf the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty six, of range four.
Township twenty six, of range five. j
flections 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 six, 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, of 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, (except
sections 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 twpnty six, of range eleven.
At the land office at MINERAL POINT, commencing
on Monday, the second day of January
next, for the disposal of the following, being re
siduary tracts of the reserved lead mineral lands,
which were not included in the proclamations of
the 20th November, 1846, and 28th April, 1861, to
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "An act
to authorise the President of the United States to
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of
Illinois and Arkansas,and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore," approved
July 11, 1846, to wit:
North of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half and northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, tbe northeast quarter of tbe northwest
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section one; the east half of
the northwest quarter, tbe southeast quarter, the
west half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve;
and the northeast quarter,and north halfofsoutbwest
quarter of twenty nine, in township one; the
?.. nf owriOB thirteen, in township
noriticusi i|uai <!.>
(too; (he west half of (he northwest quarter of
section eleven, in township Ihrrt; the east half of
the southeast quarter of section twenty five, and
the east halfot the southwest quarter of thirty six,
in township Jive, of range one.
The west half and northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter,
and the east half of the southeastquarteroi section
two, in township two, of range two.
The east half of the northeast quarter, and the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section
four, in township two, and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section five, in
township three, of range three.
The east half of the northwest quarter, the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east
half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, in
township four; and the west half of the northwest
quarter of section thirty five, in township five, of
range four.
North of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half of the northwest quarter of section
three, in township two; the cast half pf the
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter of fjur; the west half of the
southeast quarter of sis; the southeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of twenty seven, and the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of thirty
1 four, in township three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of section ten, and the
west half of the southeast quarter of thirty, in
township three, of range two.
At the SAME PLACE, commencing on Monday,
the third day of October next, for the disposal ol
1 the public lands within the following sections, ancJ
parts of sections, to wit;
f North qf the base line and west qf the fourth principal
f meridian.
t Section one, the east half and southwest quarter
I the west half of the northwest quarter, and th<
. northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of ten
in township nine; and the east half of the south
west quarter of section twenty six; the west bal
of twenty-seven; the east half of twenty eight
and Ibe north half of thirty five, in townihip <**?,
if range five.
Land* appropriated by law for the uae of school*, ~
military and other purpose*, together with "those
swamp and overflowed land*, made unfit thereby
for cultivation," if any, granted to the State by
the act entitled "An act to enable the State oi Arkansas
and other State* to reclaim the 'swamp
lands' within their limits," approved September
28, 1860, xoill bt excluded from the eolet. q
Ip accordance with the provision* of the act of j
11th July, 1846, hereinbefore referred to, preemption
claim* will not be allowed to any of the
above-mentioned lead mineral tract* to be offered b
at Mineral Point, until after they have been offered j
at public sale, and become subject to private en
try. And these tracts will be sold in such legal
subdivision* as will include the inine^or mine* at a
not le** than two dollar* and fifty cent* per acre; |
and if not sold at the public Baie at such price, nor
shall be entered at private sale within twelve I
month* thereafter, the same shall be subject to sale t
as other land*. t
The 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 c
closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than *
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I WO wee KB, UIIU IIU pi tvaio 01 iii J VI UUT vi ?uv i?mu.
will be admitted until after the expiration of the 1
two week*. \
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing* t
ton, this twenty-first day of June, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE. A
By the President: ,
John Wilson, .
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS. j
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp- 1
tion to any of the lands within the townships and (
parts of townships above enumerated, is required r
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land office, and <,
make payment therefor at toon at practicable after
teeing Ihit notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands 1
embracing the tract claimed,otherwise such claim I
will be forfeited. (
JOHN WILSON. ,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June 23?lawl3w ?
RED RIVER RAFT. '
THE PERSON to whom the contract was awarded
under former advertisements for proposals 1
having failed to give the bond with sureties as re- j
quired,.proposals for the work are again invited
as follows:
Proposals will be received until the 20th day of 1
next September for the removal of obstructions to <
the navigationoi Red river (Louisiana) occasioned (
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period. 1
The amount of these proposals united is not to '
exceed the sum of $100,000. j
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
(thoroughly,) and to keep the navigation free '
from obstruction thereby for a specified period; t
specifying in his bid the time in which he propo- ,
ses to complete the removal of the raft, the said .
time not to be later than the 1st day of June, 1865;
and also the number of years, counting from said i
1 J"-*"- a?kS/?h time Ka hinrla himaalf tn ,
reiuuvai, uuuug nu*wM ......
keep the said navigation free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will be required to give bis bond
for $20,000, with two g6cd sureties, each for the
sum of $ 10,000, conditioned for the faithful execu- 1
tion of the contract. Each bidder will transmit, at j
the same time with his proposals, the names of the ,
persons whom he offers as sureties, and a declaration
signed by them that they will sign his bond as ]
sureties as above mentioned; and also tbo certifi- (
cateofa district judge of the United Slates for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are 1
respectable citizens, and that he considers them i
worth $10,000 over and above all their debts and )
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
Terms of payment. ]
Of the sum of $100,000 appropriated for the 1
above object, $60,000 shall be paid as the work I
of removing the raft advances, as follows?to wit: j
Whenever the contractor shall report that a portion
of the raft has been removed, the same shall 1
be Inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department; and if it shall appear that such ,
is the fact, the Department will pay such a propor- 1
tion of the said sum of $60,000 as the portion re- 1
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no i
| partial payment shall be made for leas than onetenth
part of the whole work. The remaining
$60,OCR) will he paid in equal annual instalments 4
corresponding in number with the number of yearB i
during which the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, of which fact the Department
is to be the sole judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work?that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for a specified period. No separate proposals
for portions of it will be considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the undersigned,
marked on the envelope, "Proposals for
removing Red River Raft."
The War Department reserves to itself the right
of awarding the contract according to its own
judgment of the most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder.
To be inserted in the Union, Republic, and National
intelligencer, Washington, D. C.; Cincinnati
Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis Republican, St.
Louis, Missouri; Shreveport Herald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. J. J ABERT,
Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers.
July 14 ? d20t&tawt20Sep
I 14ROFESSOR ALEXANDER C. BARRY'S
JTtRICOPIIEROUS, or Medicated Compound, tor I
beautifying, curling, preserving, restoring and
strengthening the Hair, relieving diseases of the
skin, caring rheumatic pains ana healing external
wounds. Bounded by no geographical lines, the
reputation of Barry's Tricopherous pervades the
Union. The saies of the article of late years have
increased in a ratio that almost exceeds belief.
Professor Barry, after a careful examination of his
sales-book, linds that tho number of bottles delivered
to order, in quantities of from half a gross
upward, during the year 18o2, was within a trifle
of 950,000.
It is unnecessary to present at length the evidences
of tho wonderful properties of the Tricopherous
when the public have furnished such an
endorsement as this. The cheapnessof the article,
and the explanations given of its chemical action
upon the hair, the scalp, and in all cases of
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 expec
tation. It acted like a charm. The ladies would
not be without it Country dealers in every
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
f yet been reached, and it is believed that the sales
i 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,
i Liberal discount to purchasers by the quantity
i Sold by all the principal merchants and aruggists
throughout the United States and Canada, Mexii
co. West Indies, Great Britain, France, Ac., by
T 8. PARKER, Penn. avenue,
I And A. LAMMOND, 7th street,
June 4?d&triw6m* Washington.
' TJOME PICTURES, by Mrs. C. W. Deniaon.
XX The Boyhood of Great Men, with illustra
, tions.
s Uncle Robin in his Cabin in Virginia, by J. W.
, Page.
Helen and Arthur, or Miss Thusa's Spinning
f Wheel, by Caroline Lee Hentx.
, July 12 FRANCE TAYLOR,
THE REPUBLIC. '
SUMMER SKETCHES?No. 11.
BIT mart j. windle.
Su an.vondalk Springs, August, 1853.
We have just risen from uu intellectual ban- |
uet?the perusal of Lift Drama and other
>oent3," by A. Smith. ,
The rise of tliis writer in the world of gong has
een almost unprecedented, the volume before us
taving been hailed with enthusiasm throughout
his country and Europo, raising its author fVom
,n unknown obscurity to a place among the stars,
le has thrown on these leaves fragments of
ioetry of such singular vitality and power that in
heir circulation they will preserve like tne Jews
heir existence and integrity unimpaired. Though
mattered like seed from a careless hand they will
tot be lost. Mr. Smith has laid the foundation
?f a deathless fame, and his name is linked forever
o the music of sweet sounds. Whence is this?
\11 he has written as yet is contained in this little
rolume of 190 pages. It is not quantity of proluction,
therefore, that so exalts this writer.
These poems, in every point of view, are truly
vonderful productions. We are at a loss which
nost to admire, llis lyre incessantly changes its
one, and in every change it throws forth u flood
if new inspiration. We have sublime thoughts
flowing with imagination und dazzling in briliancy;
images the most delicate, with a rapid sue.
session of tropes, scarcely to be found elsewhere.
To every shade of sontiment and affection ho has
fivon a voice of musical and energetic utterance.
Scarcely is there a wo which wrings the bosom
vhich has not an expression in his poetry?from
ho gentlest whisper of feeling to the agonies of
ivory passion. His poetry is thoroughly human.
Hie speaks to us as beings whose hearts are of the
lame substance as his own; and the auditors give
,o his words as true a response as poetic enthusiasm
could desire. He gives them his thoughts,
ind they pay back the trust with a priceless adniration.
Great iudeed is the task to give poetic and conlenscd
expression to those thousand impulses that
ever heave within us, and aro evanescent as the
jcean wave; to furnish fitting words for the ideal
md fervent longings which millions fool but cannot
utter for themselves; to embody in lasting
form undefined desires; to touch chord after chord
jf memory, and to awaken the divine music that
slumbers in the soul; in a word, to give melody
ind speech to the heart of man; great is the task,
iho writnr lw?fnrr> us hns accomnlished it. and
in accomplishing it he has proved himself a man
jf uncommon and splendid genius.
Mr. Smith is one of a bright constellation, for
Scotland lius given to the world a host of glorious
names. Ferguson, simple and full of music; Allen
Ramsey, the very genius of pastoral poetry;
Tannahill, a lowly spirit of melody and pathos;
Hogg, the glorious wizard of the mountain, comes
iown from his shepherd wilderness, his memory
peopled with all older legends, and his fancy teeming
with all fairy dreams; and that startling phenomena,
Burns, one oftho world's sweetest poets,
who gave us his i mortal songs without money and
without price?whom in all his follies and his sufferings,
we behold true to a manly nature, and loyal
to noble principles, and however seamed and deformed
may have been the surface of his life,
irirtue remained unshaken in his soul.
These illustrious names bear Mr. Smith company;
while Scotland, her history and her religion,
ire all such as to give poetic expression, variety,
md strength.
It is hinted that this new author is (or has been)
obscure, and is now poor. With such wealth of
mind there can be no poverty. If his spirit is
harassed and goaded with the vulgar careB of I
poverty, it is glorified also with conscious genius. I
He can retreat from the vexations of the world to
the sanctuary of his enriched imagination, and
there, amid all the evils of his outward condition,
lie can find in poetry its own exceeding great reward.
Through all the sorrows that overshadow
tho child of poverty; amidst all the clouds that
hang heavily over their path, glimpses of joy will
ever and anon burst on his enraptured eye?joys
which it is given only to the true poet to behold.
And who would not, if he could, have a soul
so adorned with the beautiful, rather than without
it be over-burdened with tho load of external fortune?
The high-born and wealthy of his own
country will recognise in Mr. S. the presence of a
greatness superior to their own; and the nobles of
Scotland will become poor before this aristocrat of
Heaven.
If happiness find a resting place in noble poetry?in
an eloquence that never fails?in an imagination
bright as the stars in Heaven; if happiness
can be brought down from the sky by loflv and
aspiring sentiments, then it will be tho lot of the
author before us. The grandeur of his idoal, tho
innate love that he has for tho beautiful?the tenacity
of his memories?all conspiro to elcvato I
him above the sordid cares of this life.
For ourselves, wc anticipate the time when this
new author will come beforo tho public in a mature
and finished work.
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Wc must explain to our readers the cause of
tho abrupt breaking of tho thread of our subjoct.
Wo have had for the last hour two visitors. An
African nurse standing by our side like a statue
of dazzling ebony, and in her arms a young gentleman
in long clothes, whose golden hair and lily
skin forms a striking contrast to his sablo companion.
Had wo been gilled with tho power of
huliv mesmerism, wo could not have found a more
attentive and admiring auditor than our little
chubby friend, who seemed quietly delighted with
the honor of watching the rapid movement of our
pen, aR it glided along the smooth surface of the
paper. Suddenly, however, one of the dimpled
hands grasped the inkstand, and in another instant
our untinished sketch was submerged in a river of
black fluid. We shrieked in horror. Baby fixod
his round eyes in astonishment on our face as if
not knowing what he had done to call forth such
an unearthly sound, while the nurse was deeply
mortified, for she had a great pride in having it
said at the springs thai she had a peculiar talent
in managing babies, the one under her caro being
usually as docile aR any domestic animal. This
then was too lmd, and, as a punishment, she
gave baby a smart maternal slap. Such an ex
traordinary ebullition of temper on Chloo's part?
for she was generally very good natured?might
well justify the extraordinary effect produced.
The little gentleman held his breath till the pink
of his cheeks turned a deep purple, and his lips
looked as if stained with blackberries, like the
babes of the woods; then suddenly there burst
from his little throat an accumulated volume of
sound, as it all the wrongs of babyhood were
concentrated in his single pair of lungs. For ten
minutes this continued. Any thing but a baby's
lungs would have been worn out by such an abuse
of power. The entrance of the mother at this
crisis soothed the vociferous warbler; and, dear
reader, would you believe it?but I'm sure you
can't, tho fact seems too great an enormity?the
little piece of perversity grasped with reviving
spirit a small bottle of ink, (from which the stand
had been replenished,) and with a chuckle that
said as plain as chuckle could say, "now for some
more fun," dashed it with all his baby force on
the unsoiled part of our "Sketch," and thus completed
his work of destruction.
Of one thing rest assured, dear reader, we shall
never again admit a baby-visitor during writing
hours.
From the Troy (N. Y.) Times, August 11.
Terrible Accident at West Troy.
A terrible calamity occurred about 7j o'clock
this morning at the West Troy foundry?Messrs.
Chollar, Sage & Dunham, proprietors?situate on
the bank of the canal in that portion of West
Troy known as Port Schuyler, near the bridge
over the canal on the Troy and Albany road.
There being some difficulty with the blower,
the engine was stopped to remedy it, and tho
engineer, Henry Paul, and his brother David
Paul, a machinist, were engaged in this work,
some fifteen feet in tho rear of the boiler, and
some twelve feet above ground, when the large
flue of the boiler collapsed, tearing every thing
before it at each end?east and west?forcing the
two brothers Paul from their position on the platform
above, and carrying one of them some thirty
feet into a vat, while the other one, David, was
thrown some fifteen feet against a ladle of liquid
hot iron.
These men were awfully scalded and cannot recover.
They were both in a dying condition
when we left the place at 12 o'clock. They were
industrious young men and good mechanics, sons
of widow Paul, of Cohoes. The mother was
nvoonnt willi tlinm nnd inn nifoutinur tli? crrAfltftfit
shoulder bore the ladder. She was doing' the duty
of her husband, who was suffering from the first
weary symptoms of the prevailing disease. When
through the duties affection prompted her to perform,
she put her husband's arm within hers and
led him home. We have not heard tlio condition
of the sufferer since, but sincerely pray that lie
may live to reward the dovotion of that wife, and
support her when she may need his arm to lean
on, ami the word of affection to cheer and encourage
her.?.V'fic Orleans Delta, 1th.
Foiitume-Tei.i.ing.?A young gent, in Williamsburg,
New York, bound on a spree recently,
took into his head to have his fortune told. lie
accordingly visited an old colored woman in
, Grand street, to whom he made known his wants.
! The old lady, having procured a pack of cards,
told him to kneel on the floor in front of her, and
place his elbows on her knees. Ho had not been
in this position but a few moments before her husband
opened the door, and discovering a young
man kneeling in front of his wife, very naturally
concluded that all was not right. He accordingly
locked them in, and started off in search of the
police, who convoyed the twain to the rolls, and
there locked them up until morning, wlion they
acknowledged having fortuno enough, and wore
discharged,
anguish over the sad affliction, tier husband met
his death by an accident a few years ago?a stone
falling upon him and killing him almost instantly.
The boys were her sole dependence for support.
The persons injured bv the accident (mostly
from bricks and wood thrown upon them) are:
ticctor Johnson, of Williamsburg!), who had only
commenced work this mouting, considerably
bruised and scalded, but not <rangerously; Patrick
Monks, Matthew Lawler, and John Bradley, who
were more or less cut and bruised, but will recover.
The persons at work within a few feet of the
side of the boiler escaped serious injury, and only
the brothers Paul were within range of the
steam that escaped from the end of the boiler,
tiad the explosion occurred at the side, some sixteen
or twenty men would probably have been
killed.
The foreman ot the works, Mr. George Peacock,
was standing within a few feet of the boiler,
on the north side, when the due collapsed, and
was not injured at all. A laborer named Patrick
Gill was near him, wheeling a barrow. The
barrow was completely demolished by the bricks,
but Patrick was not injured in the least. The escape
was almost miraculous.
The engine was broken to pieces, and everything
within fifteen feet of either end of the boiler
was demolished, including the large tank, elevated
some twelve or fourteen feet above ground,
that supplied the establishment with water.
Messrs. Chollar, Sage & Dunham had taken
every precaution to secure safety. The boiler
was a new one, and had been in use only some
throe or four weeks. It was provided with Ashcroff's
steam-gauge, which marked eighty-five
pounds at the time of the occurrence. The watergauge
indicated a full supply of water in the
boiler. It is the opinion of the foreman and others
that the engineer had too much steam on, though
he declarca he had repeatedly had on five pounds
more?ninety pounds. He had, however, been
repeatedly cautioned not to go above eighty. If
this was not the cause of the explosion, there
must liavo (icon some defect in the steam-gauge
nr hnilnr not vet ascertained.
| Considering- that there are some two hundred
men employed in these extensive works, it is fortunate
that more fatal results did not tako place.
The proprietors are doing all for the injured
men that medical assistance and the kindest care
can do for them.
Messrs. Chollar, Sage & Dunham will sustain a
loss from the breaking of machinery, &.c., of between
$2,000 and $3,000, and some thousands
more from the interruption of business.
P. S.?The Paul brothers are dead. They both
died about the same time?one o'clock.
A New Orleans Incident.?Let every man
who has a comfortable residonce to retire to, and
who is not compelled to hard labor at this season,
be thankful to a kind and beneficent Providence.
Among the large class in this city who are compelled
to labor tar a mere subsistence, there are
j instances of suffering few would imagine, and in|
cidents of positive heroism which many could
scarcely conceive.* A friend of ours, who lives on
I Apollo street, arose the other morning, just bc|
fore daybreak, and from his balcony beheld a man
actively and nimbly putting out the gns lights.
On the same evening, about 8 o'clock, our friend
was on his way home, when he saw a sight that
deeply allcctcd and interested liiui.
It was his activo lamp-lighter of the morning,
dragging his now weary body along, following his
wife, who held the lamn in her hand, and on her
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Humor* of the BxliMtfaw.
Under the above caption we Smd>. * phweWitly^
written article in the New York Courier and Enquirer
of Friday, concerning the exhibition in the
Crystal Palace, from which we present some extract*.
After describing several painting*, the
Courier proceed* to say:
"There are numerous other painting*, some >
claimed to be by the old masters, and others professedly
and unequivocally by the young one*.
Among the former is a St. Cecilia by GuiaoReni,
which the Bolognese Academy warrants not to
fade, nor, it might have added, to flash in the eye.
That organ, in the fair Cecilia here exhibited,
darts no seraphic gleam which would have
'brought an angel down.' Her fingers wander
over the keys of something which looks like an
accordeon, which shows the antiquity of that instrument
now so peculiarly appropriated to soothing
the passion or our city swains. Leaving to
connoisseurs the dingy excellence of the masters,
we confess that we were more pleased with the
fresh and agreeable productions of the tyros. Of
this class is the ' Good Mother,' surrounded by half
a dozen good-humored brats in dishabille, with
ts Ami ihicrM iii orouortion, and an ass's head
protruding through the window. The domesticity
of the tiling engaged for it a larger share of
attention than its merits probably entitled it to.
Tho Spanish Legend, by an Italian painter, is new
and pretty. It depicts a nymph with 'hair of
golden sheen,' a full blue-eyed blonde of the
north, most unethereal in person, presenting a
gallant knight with some earnest of her interest
in him and liis achievements.
"A bronze bust of Columbus and a marble one of
Shakspeare have both the same defects?the features
are sharpened and attenuated more than
fidelity to original portraits require. The design
in plaster further toward the western door, of a
recumbent mother in a profound sleep, and an
eagle about to seize from her breast her agonized
infant, is a painful but yet powerful conception.
The peaceful insensibility of tho mother, the terror
of the child, and the ferocity of the eagle, form
a scene terrible and impressive. This is a French
contribution. A noble stag, couchant, in bronze,
which obtained a medal at the London Exhibition,
closes the line in this direction.
"Going back toward the rotundo you perceive
the sitting statue, in marble, of Eve after the
fall. The emotions which the artist has succeeded
in bringing out and imprinting upon his work are
terror, astonishment, anguish, but not remorse.
Near the afflicted mother of mankind stands the
marble statue of Columbus, which conveys an
idea of him very similar to that given by the
prints with which all are familiar. The Chandos
portrait of Shakspearc we found after a long
search, hanging against the most obscure side of
the pediment to the bronze statue of the Amazon,
the Horse and the Lion. If it was to be hidden
under a bushel it would have been better that it
should not tiave been removed from the noble gallery
in which it forms a principal attraction. Did
tfie 'hanging committee reflect that there js but
one Chandos portrait in the world?
"But the inappropriate location of pictures will
J?-j-a??i._ now
do remeuieuiinor mu unuj>ra?vu v. ...- B
in course of preparation for them, over the machine
shop. It will be four hundred and fifty feet
long, and light is to be disposed bo as to exhibit
eacli specimen to the best advantage.
"At an angle of the east and north nave is a
new bronze, representing an Indian hunter upon
horseback, attacked by an immense serpent. The
serpent displays a most fortunate want of judgment,
for having apparently disabled the horse,
he is opening his mouth upon the rider in just such
a position that the arrow which the latter is about
to discharge must penetrate the thorax of the
'varmint.'
"The mosaic tables, inlaid with natural woods
of Italy, are among the rarest things in the Fair
Their tops are covered with mythological and
historical designs, most exquisitely wrought out.
The statuary forming a part of this group of contributions
is chiefly remarkable for the purity of
the marble.
"The west nave is filled with sculpture, bronzes,
and other like articles. Adam and Eve, in sorrowful
contemplation after gaining a knowledge
of good and evil, are plaster models from Denmark
of full size. Adam exhibits a very natural
repentance for having asked for such a troublesome
companion as woman; and Eve, which is
natural too, manifests more concern for what
Adam may be thinking of Eve, than for the sin
and woe she has brought into the world. In respect
to the anatomical development of these
figures, Eve displays a depth and exuberance of
quarter for which we were not prepared. Two
Lovers going to the Fountain, in marble, from Italy,
are a pair of figures betraying something of
the genius of a true sculptor. They wear an expression
in singular unison with the tenderness of
spring-time, when men and birds do mate. Cupid
and Psyche, just opposite, in marble, is also
very good. The attitude of tho boy, and the
amorous archness with which he is adjusting the
lips of tho maiden to receive the intended kiss,
must have been suggested to the artist by a bee
burying himself in a half-developed rose-bud."
What we saw Yesterday.?We cannot pretend
to depict everything that we notice every day,
but we intend to notify the community of at least
a few things that came under our observation yesterday
in this great commercial emporium.
Would to God we had had all tho abolitionists
of the city at tho Astor House yesterday, for the
purpose of impressing them with two chapters of
<1 moral lesson which they either greatly need or
very much disregard. We saw a southern gentleman
get into' a, chaise with his negro servant
I and ride up Broadwoy, with the same noncnaiancc
that a northern man would assume in company
[ with a fHond, or a belle. Whnt abolitionist daro
allow himself to he caught riding through the
most fashionable street ot New York with a negro
in his company?
Again, we saw an old darkey at a hotel appealing
for alms, for the pur]>osc of raising funds
sufficient for the purchase of his children, now
held in southern bondage. The saloon was filled
with all mannor of men, chief among whom were
northern abolitionists, but the only persons who
spoke to the freed slave were southerners. One
gentleman asked him how he obtained his own
freedom. Me replied that he did it by overwork,
anil that his "inassa" charged him seven hundred
dollars for himself and five hundred dollars
for his wife. However, he paid six hundred and
forty dollars for himself and four hundred for his
wife, and "massa" threw in the balance. Among
some dozen southerners quite a handsome sum
was raised fer tho purchase of his cliildrcn, and
not one single northern abolitionist could be induced
to contribute one cent, although urged to
do so. Procnl! ok! procul, ah esse pro/ami!
Sufficient for the first lesson; we will give more
anon?and some people must not bo aggrieved if
we tread on their corns rather harshly. We find
it is the custom of the newspapers of this city to
chronicle everything they can discover, and we intend
to give the public a salutary allowance of our
gatherings. "Keep your top-eyes open," and
you will sec something that will make you loth to
shut thorn.?National Democrat, 12th.
A young stock broker having married a fat old
widow with $100,000, said it wasn't the face thai
I attracted him so much as thejigurt.?Post,